From 887ca93a1b3b01d1da2c80549d5d2b1166e0608b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Morgan <andrew@amorgan.xyz>
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 15:46:39 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Prevent crash on user who doesn't have any direct rooms

---
 synapse/handlers/room.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 3bfba6c744..626c9f9166 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class RoomCreationHandler(BaseHandler):
             user_id,
         )
 
-        if user_account_data:
+        if user_account_data and "m.direct" in user_account_data[0]:
             direct_rooms = user_account_data[0]["m.direct"]
             # Check if this room was a DM
             if old_room_id in direct_rooms[user_id]: