diff --git a/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.cpp b/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.cpp
index d5785369c..94d801737 100644
--- a/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.cpp
@@ -32,10 +32,17 @@ namespace td {
 
 int VERBOSITY_NAME(file_references) = VERBOSITY_NAME(INFO);
 
+FileReferenceManager::FileReferenceManager(ActorShared<> parent) : parent_(std::move(parent)) {
+}
+
 FileReferenceManager::~FileReferenceManager() {
   Scheduler::instance()->destroy_on_scheduler(G()->get_gc_scheduler_id(), file_sources_);
 }
 
+void FileReferenceManager::tear_down() {
+  parent_.reset();
+}
+
 bool FileReferenceManager::is_file_reference_error(const Status &error) {
   return error.is_error() && error.code() == 400 && begins_with(error.message(), "FILE_REFERENCE_");
 }
diff --git a/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.h b/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.h
index 99c60d84a..3cbd75529 100644
--- a/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.h
+++ b/td/telegram/FileReferenceManager.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ extern int VERBOSITY_NAME(file_references);
 
 class FileReferenceManager final : public Actor {
  public:
-  FileReferenceManager() = default;
+  explicit FileReferenceManager(ActorShared<> parent);
   FileReferenceManager(const FileReferenceManager &) = delete;
   FileReferenceManager &operator=(const FileReferenceManager &) = delete;
   FileReferenceManager(FileReferenceManager &&) = delete;
@@ -173,6 +173,8 @@ class FileReferenceManager final : public Actor {
 
   FlatHashMap<NodeId, Node, FileIdHash> nodes_;
 
+  ActorShared<> parent_;
+
   void run_node(NodeId node);
   void send_query(Destination dest, FileSourceId file_source_id);
   Destination on_query_result(Destination dest, FileSourceId file_source_id, Status status, int32 sub = 0);
@@ -181,6 +183,8 @@ class FileReferenceManager final : public Actor {
   FileSourceId add_file_source_id(T source, Slice source_str);
 
   FileSourceId get_current_file_source_id() const;
+
+  void tear_down() override;
 };
 
 }  // namespace td
diff --git a/td/telegram/SecureManager.cpp b/td/telegram/SecureManager.cpp
index fea0e57b5..1ad17055a 100644
--- a/td/telegram/SecureManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/SecureManager.cpp
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ void SetSecureValue::load_secret() {
                  send_closure(actor_id, &SetSecureValue::on_secret, std::move(r_secret), true);
                }));
 }
+
 void SetSecureValue::cancel_upload() {
   upload_generation_++;
   auto *file_manager = G()->td().get_actor_unsafe()->file_manager_.get();
diff --git a/td/telegram/Td.cpp b/td/telegram/Td.cpp
index 29f560ebf..44b238a4a 100644
--- a/td/telegram/Td.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/Td.cpp
@@ -3939,7 +3939,7 @@ void Td::init_file_manager() {
   file_manager_->init_actor();
   G()->set_file_manager(file_manager_actor_.get());
 
-  file_reference_manager_ = make_unique<FileReferenceManager>();
+  file_reference_manager_ = make_unique<FileReferenceManager>(create_reference());
   file_reference_manager_actor_ = register_actor("FileReferenceManager", file_reference_manager_.get());
   G()->set_file_reference_manager(file_reference_manager_actor_.get());
 }