diff --git a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
index ccc872d1..b40c2076 100644
--- a/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Tusker/Screens/Timeline/TimelineViewController.swift
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ class TimelineViewController: UIViewController, TimelineLikeCollectionViewContro
             return
         }
         var snapshot = dataSource.snapshot()
+        guard snapshot.indexOfSection(.statuses) != nil else {
+            return
+        }
         let items = snapshot.itemIdentifiers(inSection: .statuses)
         let pageSize = 20
         let numberOfPagesToPrune = (items.count - lastVisibleIndexPath.row - 1) / pageSize