diff --git a/.changeset/friendly-spies-retire.md b/.changeset/friendly-spies-retire.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cb74f85e97a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/friendly-spies-retire.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@rocket.chat/meteor": patch
+---
+
+fix: message deletion fails if has files attached on filesystem storage
diff --git a/apps/meteor/server/ufs/ufs-local.ts b/apps/meteor/server/ufs/ufs-local.ts
index 9ac0c68583b..704683dd0ec 100644
--- a/apps/meteor/server/ufs/ufs-local.ts
+++ b/apps/meteor/server/ufs/ufs-local.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,17 @@ export class LocalStore extends Store {
 		this.delete = async (fileId) => {
 			const path = await this.getFilePath(fileId);
 
-			const statResult = await stat(path);
-
-			if (statResult?.isFile()) {
-				await unlink(path);
-				await this.removeById(fileId);
+			try {
+				if (!(await stat(path)).isFile()) {
+					return;
+				}
+			} catch (_e) {
+				// FIXME(user) don't ignore, rather this block shouldn't run twice like it does now
+				return;
 			}
+
+			await unlink(path);
+			await this.removeById(fileId);
 		};
 
 		this.getReadStream = async (fileId: string, file: IUpload, options?: { start?: number; end?: number }) => {