diff --git a/td/telegram/MessagesManager.cpp b/td/telegram/MessagesManager.cpp
index 54b30d25d..142af97df 100644
--- a/td/telegram/MessagesManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/MessagesManager.cpp
@@ -21559,6 +21559,11 @@ Status MessagesManager::view_messages(DialogId dialog_id, MessageId top_thread_m
         view_id = ++info->current_view_id;
         info->recently_viewed_messages[view_id] = message_id;
       }
+
+      auto file_ids = get_message_content_file_ids(m->content.get(), td_);
+      for (auto file_id : file_ids) {
+        td_->file_manager_->check_local_location_async(file_id, true);
+      }
     } else if (!message_id.is_yet_unsent() && message_id > max_message_id) {
       if (message_id <= d->max_notification_message_id || message_id <= d->last_new_message_id ||
           message_id <= max_thread_message_id) {
@@ -21719,6 +21724,11 @@ Status MessagesManager::open_message_content(FullMessageId full_message_id) {
     on_message_live_location_viewed(d, m);
   }
 
+  auto file_ids = get_message_content_file_ids(m->content.get(), td_);
+  for (auto file_id : file_ids) {
+    td_->file_manager_->check_local_location_async(file_id, true);
+  }
+
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
diff --git a/td/telegram/files/FileManager.cpp b/td/telegram/files/FileManager.cpp
index 099ef92c2..71531de0c 100644
--- a/td/telegram/files/FileManager.cpp
+++ b/td/telegram/files/FileManager.cpp
@@ -928,6 +928,13 @@ void FileManager::check_local_location(FileId file_id, bool skip_file_size_check
   }
 }
 
+void FileManager::check_local_location_async(FileId file_id, bool skip_file_size_checks) {
+  auto node = get_sync_file_node(file_id);
+  if (node) {
+    check_local_location_async(node, skip_file_size_checks, Promise<Unit>());
+  }
+}
+
 Status FileManager::check_local_location(FileNodePtr node, bool skip_file_size_checks) {
   Status status;
   if (node->local_.type() == LocalFileLocation::Type::Full) {
diff --git a/td/telegram/files/FileManager.h b/td/telegram/files/FileManager.h
index e1f8d1a0d..cf5d549c8 100644
--- a/td/telegram/files/FileManager.h
+++ b/td/telegram/files/FileManager.h
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ class FileManager final : public FileLoadManager::Callback {
   bool set_content(FileId file_id, BufferSlice bytes);
 
   void check_local_location(FileId file_id, bool skip_file_size_checks);
+  void check_local_location_async(FileId file_id, bool skip_file_size_checks);
 
   void download(FileId file_id, std::shared_ptr<DownloadCallback> callback, int32 new_priority, int64 offset,
                 int64 limit, Promise<td_api::object_ptr<td_api::file>> promise);