diff --git a/telegrambots-chat-session-bot/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/session/TelegramLongPollingSessionBot.java b/telegrambots-chat-session-bot/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/session/TelegramLongPollingSessionBot.java
index 2c6751bb..17253a6d 100644
--- a/telegrambots-chat-session-bot/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/session/TelegramLongPollingSessionBot.java
+++ b/telegrambots-chat-session-bot/src/main/java/org/telegram/telegrambots/session/TelegramLongPollingSessionBot.java
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ public abstract class TelegramLongPollingSessionBot extends TelegramLongPollingB
             onUpdateReceived(update, chatSession);
             return;
         }
-        chatIdConverter.setSessionId(message.getChatId());
-        chatSession = this.getSession(message);
+        if (message.getChat() != null) {
+            chatIdConverter.setSessionId(message.getChatId());
+            chatSession = this.getSession(message);
+        } else {
+            chatSession = Optional.empty();
+        }
         onUpdateReceived(update, chatSession);
     }