diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.cpp b/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.cpp
index 1b6e78925..079edd011 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.cpp
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.cpp
@@ -400,6 +400,15 @@ MainWidget::MainWidget(
 		floatPlayerClosed(itemId);
 	}, lifetime());
 
+	// Load current userpic and keep it loaded.
+	Notify::PeerUpdateValue(
+		session().user(),
+		Notify::PeerUpdate::Flag::PhotoChanged
+	) | rpl::start_with_next([=] {
+		[[maybe_unused]] const auto image = session().user()->currentUserpic(
+			_selfUserpicView);
+	}, lifetime());
+
 	_ptsWaiter.setRequesting(true);
 	updateScrollColors();
 	setupConnectingWidget();
diff --git a/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.h b/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.h
index 240c1c0c3..bda4ab0e6 100644
--- a/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.h
+++ b/Telegram/SourceFiles/mainwidget.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ struct PeerUpdate;
 
 namespace Data {
 class WallPaper;
+class CloudImageView;
 } // namespace Data
 
 namespace Dialogs {
@@ -107,7 +108,9 @@ class MainWidget
 public:
 	using SectionShow = Window::SectionShow;
 
-	MainWidget(QWidget *parent, not_null<Window::SessionController*> controller);
+	MainWidget(
+		QWidget *parent,
+		not_null<Window::SessionController*> controller);
 
 	[[nodiscard]] Main::Session &session() const;
 
@@ -459,6 +462,8 @@ private:
 	int _thirdColumnWidth = 0;
 	Ui::Animations::Simple _a_dialogsWidth;
 
+	std::shared_ptr<Data::CloudImageView> _selfUserpicView;
+
 	object_ptr<Ui::PlainShadow> _sideShadow;
 	object_ptr<Ui::PlainShadow> _thirdShadow = { nullptr };
 	object_ptr<Ui::ResizeArea> _firstColumnResizeArea = { nullptr };