diff --git a/src/global/actions/api/chats.ts b/src/global/actions/api/chats.ts
index 1407cf13a..529cb1205 100644
--- a/src/global/actions/api/chats.ts
+++ b/src/global/actions/api/chats.ts
@@ -1263,20 +1263,12 @@ addActionHandler('openTelegramLink', (global, actions, payload): ActionReturnTyp
     tabId = getCurrentTabId(),
   } = payload;
 
-  if (isDeepLink(url)) {
-    const isProcessed = processDeepLink(url);
-    if (isProcessed || url.match(RE_TG_LINK)) {
-      return;
-    }
-  }
-
   const {
     openChatByPhoneNumber,
     openChatByInvite,
     openStickerSet,
     openChatWithDraft,
     joinVoiceChatByLink,
-    showNotification,
     focusMessage,
     openInvoice,
     processAttachBotParameters,
@@ -1287,6 +1279,13 @@ addActionHandler('openTelegramLink', (global, actions, payload): ActionReturnTyp
     checkGiftCode,
   } = actions;
 
+  if (isDeepLink(url)) {
+    const isProcessed = processDeepLink(url);
+    if (isProcessed || url.match(RE_TG_LINK)) {
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   const uri = new URL(url.toLowerCase().startsWith('http') ? url : `https://${url}`);
   if (TME_WEB_DOMAINS.has(uri.hostname) && uri.pathname === '/') {
     window.open(uri.toString(), '_blank', 'noopener');
@@ -1397,20 +1396,11 @@ addActionHandler('openTelegramLink', (global, actions, payload): ActionReturnTyp
       tabId,
     });
   } else if (part1 === 'c' && chatOrChannelPostId && messageId) {
-    const chatId = toChannelId(chatOrChannelPostId);
-    const chat = selectChat(global, chatId);
-    if (!chat) {
-      showNotification({ message: 'Chat does not exist', tabId });
-      return;
-    }
-
-    if (messageId) {
-      focusMessage({
-        chatId: chat.id,
-        messageId,
-        tabId,
-      });
-    }
+    focusMessage({
+      chatId: toChannelId(chatOrChannelPostId),
+      messageId,
+      tabId,
+    });
   } else if (part1.startsWith('$')) {
     openInvoice({
       slug: part1.substring(1),
diff --git a/src/global/actions/ui/messages.ts b/src/global/actions/ui/messages.ts
index fa4658acd..523eeaddf 100644
--- a/src/global/actions/ui/messages.ts
+++ b/src/global/actions/ui/messages.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { copyHtmlToClipboard } from '../../../util/clipboard';
 import { getCurrentTabId } from '../../../util/establishMultitabRole';
 import { compact, findLast } from '../../../util/iteratees';
 import * as langProvider from '../../../util/langProvider';
+import { translate } from '../../../util/langProvider';
 import parseHtmlAsFormattedText from '../../../util/parseHtmlAsFormattedText';
 import { getServerTime } from '../../../util/serverTime';
 import { IS_TOUCH_ENV } from '../../../util/windowEnvironment';
@@ -402,6 +403,12 @@ addActionHandler('focusMessage', (global, actions, payload): ActionReturnType =>
 
   let { messageId } = payload;
 
+  const chat = selectChat(global, chatId);
+  if (!chat) {
+    actions.showNotification({ message: translate('Conversation.ErrorInaccessibleMessage'), tabId });
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
   if (groupedId !== undefined) {
     const ids = selectForwardedMessageIdsByGroupId(global, groupedChatId!, groupedId);
     if (ids?.length) {