diff --git a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
index c5a4cbe7a86..de185eb6292 100644
--- a/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/helper/ChannelView.cpp
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ void ChannelView::mouseReleaseEvent(QMouseEvent *event)
             }
 
             // Triple-clicking a message selects the whole message
-            if (this->clickTimer_->isActive() &&
+            if (foundElement && this->clickTimer_->isActive() &&
                 (fabsf(distanceBetweenPoints(this->lastDClickPosition_,
                                              event->screenPos())) < 10.f))
             {