diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_inner_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_inner_widget.cpp
index 2f7ddfbfd..ca9d06436 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_inner_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_inner_widget.cpp
@@ -2175,7 +2175,8 @@ void HistoryInner::showContextMenu(QContextMenuEvent *e, bool showFromTouch) {
 			const auto topic = item->topic();
 			return topic
 				? Data::CanSendAnything(topic)
-				: Data::CanSendAnything(peer);
+				: (Data::CanSendAnything(peer)
+					&& (!peer->isChannel() || peer->asChannel()->amIn()));
 		}();
 		if (canReply) {
 			_menu->addAction(tr::lng_context_reply_msg(tr::now), [=] {
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp
index 2c1138cc5..71e023d04 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/history/history_widget.cpp
@@ -6832,6 +6832,9 @@ void HistoryWidget::replyToMessage(FullMsgId itemId) {
 }
 
 void HistoryWidget::replyToMessage(not_null<HistoryItem*> item) {
+	if (isJoinChannel()) {
+		return;
+	}
 	_processingReplyId = item->id;
 	_processingReplyItem = item;
 	processReply();