diff --git a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
index 51c7d6d182..7a46c8764f 100644
--- a/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
+++ b/apps/ios/Shared/Model/ChatModel.swift
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ final class ChatModel: ObservableObject {
                         // Pending invitee: surface the latest support message (broker vs local itemTs
                         // aren't comparable); don't let a no-content event re-cover an already-shown message.
                         if cInfo.groupInfo?.membership.memberPending ?? false {
-                            (cItem.content.hasMsgContent || !currentPreviewItem.content.hasMsgContent) ? [cItem] : [currentPreviewItem]
+                            (cItem.content.msgContent != nil || currentPreviewItem.content.msgContent == nil) ? [cItem] : [currentPreviewItem]
                         } else if cItem.meta.itemTs >= currentPreviewItem.meta.itemTs {
                             [cItem]
                         } else {
diff --git a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
index 2a5bd29e31..8a953ca4f0 100644
--- a/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
+++ b/apps/multiplatform/common/src/commonMain/kotlin/chat/simplex/common/model/ChatModel.kt
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ object ChatModel {
                 // Pending invitee: surface the latest support message (broker vs local itemTs aren't
                 // comparable); don't let a no-content event re-cover an already-shown message.
                 if (cInfo.groupInfo_?.membership?.memberPending == true) {
-                  if (cItem.content.hasMsgContent || !currentPreviewItem.content.hasMsgContent) cItem else currentPreviewItem
+                  if (cItem.content.msgContent != null || currentPreviewItem.content.msgContent == null) cItem else currentPreviewItem
                 } else if (cItem.meta.itemTs >= currentPreviewItem.meta.itemTs) {
                   cItem
                 } else {