diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/webrtc/PeerConnectionWrapper.java b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/webrtc/PeerConnectionWrapper.java
index 9474471fe..26f09d31e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/webrtc/PeerConnectionWrapper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nextcloud/talk/webrtc/PeerConnectionWrapper.java
@@ -285,8 +285,12 @@ public class PeerConnectionWrapper {
      * @param dataChannelMessage the message to send
      */
     public void send(DataChannelMessage dataChannelMessage) {
+        if (dataChannelMessage == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+
         DataChannel statusDataChannel = dataChannels.get("status");
-        if (statusDataChannel == null || dataChannelMessage == null) {
+        if (statusDataChannel == null) {
             return;
         }