diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/storage/storage_sparse_ids_list.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/storage/storage_sparse_ids_list.cpp
index c3845ddcac..507f00c0a6 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/storage/storage_sparse_ids_list.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/storage/storage_sparse_ids_list.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ SparseIdsList::AddResult SparseIdsList::addRangeItemsAndCountNew(
 		SparseIdsSliceUpdate &update,
 		const Range &messages,
 		MsgRange noSkipRange) {
-	Expects(noSkipRange.from <= noSkipRange.till);
+	if (noSkipRange.from <= noSkipRange.till) {
+		return { 0 }; // AyuGram: fix crash when using `saveDeletedMessages`
+	}
 
 	if (noSkipRange.from == noSkipRange.till
 		&& std::begin(messages) == std::end(messages)) {