diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_peer.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_peer.cpp
index 1f617a6b31..fda4e5c11b 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_peer.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/data/data_peer.cpp
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ bool PeerData::useEmptyUserpic() const {
 
 StorageKey PeerData::userpicUniqueKey() const {
 	if (useEmptyUserpic()) {
+		if (!_userpicEmpty) {
+			refreshEmptyUserpic();
+		}
 		return _userpicEmpty->uniqueKey();
 	}
 	return storageKey(_userpicLocation);