diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/helpers/SQLCipherOpenHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/helpers/SQLCipherOpenHelper.java
index 510cf08296..7786e10e06 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/helpers/SQLCipherOpenHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/thoughtcrime/securesms/database/helpers/SQLCipherOpenHelper.java
@@ -1352,6 +1352,10 @@ public class SQLCipherOpenHelper extends SQLiteOpenHelper implements SignalDatab
             byte[] reactions         = cursor.getBlob(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("reactions"));
             long   notifiedTimestamp = cursor.getLong(cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow("notified_timestamp"));
 
+            if (reactions == null) {
+              continue;
+            }
+
             try {
               boolean hasReceiveLaterThanNotified = ReactionList.parseFrom(reactions)
                                                                 .getReactionsList()