diff --git a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
index 4426eb7082..410b8947be 100644
--- a/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
+++ b/apps/android/app/src/main/java/chat/simplex/app/model/SimpleXAPI.kt
@@ -821,7 +821,13 @@ open class ChatController(var ctrl: ChatCtrl?, val ntfManager: NtfManager, val a
       }
       else -> {
         if (!(networkErrorAlert(r))) {
-          apiErrorAlert("apiReceiveFile", generalGetString(R.string.error_receiving_file), r)
+          if (r is CR.ChatCmdError && r.chatError is ChatError.ChatErrorChat
+            && r.chatError.errorType is ChatErrorType.FileAlreadyReceiving
+          ) {
+            Log.d(TAG, "apiReceiveFile ignoring FileAlreadyReceiving error")
+          } else {
+            apiErrorAlert("apiReceiveFile", generalGetString(R.string.error_receiving_file), r)
+          }
         }
         null
       }
@@ -2631,10 +2637,12 @@ sealed class ChatErrorType {
   val string: String get() = when (this) {
     is NoActiveUser -> "noActiveUser"
     is InvalidConnReq -> "invalidConnReq"
+    is FileAlreadyReceiving -> "fileAlreadyReceiving"
     is СommandError -> "commandError $message"
   }
   @Serializable @SerialName("noActiveUser") class NoActiveUser: ChatErrorType()
   @Serializable @SerialName("invalidConnReq") class InvalidConnReq: ChatErrorType()
+  @Serializable @SerialName("fileAlreadyReceiving") class FileAlreadyReceiving: ChatErrorType()
   @Serializable @SerialName("commandError") class СommandError(val message: String): ChatErrorType()
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
index 0db5a8ad2b..af3537435f 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/SimpleXAPI.swift
@@ -587,10 +587,15 @@ func apiReceiveFile(fileId: Int64, inline: Bool) async -> AChatItem? {
         )
     } else if !networkErrorAlert(r) {
         logger.error("apiReceiveFile error: \(String(describing: r))")
-        am.showAlertMsg(
-            title: "Error receiving file",
-            message: "Error: \(String(describing: r))"
-        )
+        switch r {
+        case .chatCmdError(.error(.fileAlreadyReceiving)):
+            logger.debug("apiReceiveFile ignoring fileAlreadyReceiving error")
+        default:
+            am.showAlertMsg(
+                title: "Error receiving file",
+                message: "Error: \(String(describing: r))"
+            )
+        }
     }
     return nil
 }