diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.cpp
index 47c727471..a4319d7dd 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.cpp
@@ -11,12 +11,23 @@ https://github.com/telegramdesktop/tdesktop/blob/master/LEGAL
 
 namespace Media {
 namespace Streaming {
+namespace {
+
+// This is the maximum file size in Telegram API.
+constexpr auto kMaxFileSize = 3000 * 512 * 1024;
+
+int ValidateLocalSize(int64 size) {
+	return (size > 0 && size <= kMaxFileSize) ? int(size) : 0;
+}
+
+} // namespace
 
 LoaderLocal::LoaderLocal(std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> device)
-: _device(std::move(device)) {
+: _device(std::move(device))
+, _size(ValidateLocalSize(_device->size())) {
 	Expects(_device != nullptr);
 
-	if (!_device->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+	if (!_size || !_device->open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
 		fail();
 	}
 }
@@ -26,7 +37,7 @@ std::optional<Storage::Cache::Key> LoaderLocal::baseCacheKey() const {
 }
 
 int LoaderLocal::size() const {
-	return _device->size();
+	return _size;
 }
 
 void LoaderLocal::load(int offset) {
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.h
index 6a856d468..04be7271d 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_loader_local.h
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ public:
 private:
 	void fail();
 
-	std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> _device;
+	const std::unique_ptr<QIODevice> _device;
+	const int _size = 0;
 	rpl::event_stream<LoadedPart> _parts;
 
 };
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_reader.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_reader.cpp
index 2b8195654..640c35bfa 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_reader.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/media/streaming/media_streaming_reader.cpp
@@ -568,7 +568,9 @@ Reader::SerializedSlice Reader::Slices::serializeAndUnloadUnused() {
 }
 
 Reader::SerializedSlice Reader::Slices::serializeAndUnloadSlice(
-	int sliceNumber) {
+		int sliceNumber) {
+	Expects(_headerMode != HeaderMode::Unknown);
+	Expects(_headerMode != HeaderMode::NoCache);
 	Expects(sliceNumber >= 0 && sliceNumber <= _data.size());
 
 	if (isGoodHeader() && (sliceNumber == 1)) {