diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
index ee540aac307f08ed6b42f8bdc5aa63af9f280516..434a5ed569664f014d458bef481f99cf4b264209 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
@@ -215,7 +215,8 @@ public class FileBackend {
     public static boolean isPathBlacklisted(String path) {
         final String androidDataPath =
                 Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() + "/Android/data/";
-        return path.startsWith(androidDataPath);
+        final File f = new File(path);
+        return path.startsWith(androidDataPath) || !f.canRead();
     }
 
     private static Paint createAntiAliasingPaint() {