Likes not loading on photos from private accounts using Instagram API

Likes not loading on photos from private accounts using the Instagram API. Same access token works fine to load likes on photos from non private accounts. The user for this access token is following the private account and can see the profile and photos just fine. It displays this error:

{
    "meta": {
        "error_type":"APINotFoundError",
        "code":400,
        "error_message":"invalid media id"
    }
}