diff --git a/src/pages/common/components/ChatComponent/ChatComponent.tsx b/src/pages/common/components/ChatComponent/ChatComponent.tsx
index 28054171e2..7e4c27dcfb 100644
--- a/src/pages/common/components/ChatComponent/ChatComponent.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/common/components/ChatComponent/ChatComponent.tsx
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ export default function ChatComponent({
       markChatMessageItemAsSeen({
         chatChannelId: feedItemId,
       });
-    } else {
+    } else if (commonId) {
       markDiscussionMessageItemAsSeen({
         feedObjectId: feedItemId,
         commonId,