diff --git a/td/telegram/files/FileLocation.hpp b/td/telegram/files/FileLocation.hpp
index 6b792694..502c4a01 100644
--- a/td/telegram/files/FileLocation.hpp
+++ b/td/telegram/files/FileLocation.hpp
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ void FullRemoteFileLocation::parse(ParserT &parser) {
 
   if (has_file_reference) {
     parse(file_reference_, parser);
-    // file_reference_.clear();
+    if (file_reference_ == FileReferenceView::invalid_file_reference()) {
+      file_reference_.clear();
+    }
   }
   if (is_web) {
     variant_ = WebRemoteFileLocation();