diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_session.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_session.cpp
index 36aa6bf8b..358ca95e5 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_session.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_session.cpp
@@ -2758,7 +2758,7 @@ HistoryItem *Session::addNewMessage(
 		MessageFlags localFlags,
 		NewMessageType type) {
 	const auto peerId = PeerFromMessage(data);
-	if (!peerId) {
+	if (!peerId || data.type() == mtpc_messageEmpty) {
 		return nullptr;
 	}