diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/DiffableTimelineLikeTableViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/DiffableTimelineLikeTableViewController.swift
index fcfa9c79..1c5bb74c 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/DiffableTimelineLikeTableViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Utilities/DiffableTimelineLikeTableViewController.swift
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ class DiffableTimelineLikeTableViewController<Section: Hashable & CaseIterable,
         
         var item: Item? = nil
         for section in timelineContentSections() {
-            if let first = snapshot.itemIdentifiers(inSection: section).first {
+            if snapshot.indexOfSection(section) != nil,
+               let first = snapshot.itemIdentifiers(inSection: section).first {
                 item = first
                 break
             }