diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
index 8ac706fc15..e4e638fc67 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@ export default class RoomList extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
     }
 
     public render() {
+        const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
+        const userId = cli.getUserId();
+
         let explorePrompt: JSX.Element;
         if (!this.props.isMinimized) {
             if (this.state.isNameFiltering) {
@@ -568,21 +571,23 @@ export default class RoomList extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                         { this.props.activeSpace ? _t("Explore rooms") : _t("Explore all public rooms") }
                     </AccessibleButton>
                 </div>;
-            } else if (this.props.activeSpace) {
+            } else if (
+                this.props.activeSpace?.canInvite(userId) || this.props.activeSpace?.getMyMembership() === "join"
+            ) {
                 explorePrompt = <div className="mx_RoomList_explorePrompt">
                     <div>{ _t("Quick actions") }</div>
-                    { this.props.activeSpace.canInvite(MatrixClientPeg.get().getUserId()) && <AccessibleButton
+                    { this.props.activeSpace.canInvite(userId) && <AccessibleButton
                         className="mx_RoomList_explorePrompt_spaceInvite"
                         onClick={this.onSpaceInviteClick}
                     >
                         {_t("Invite people")}
                     </AccessibleButton> }
-                    <AccessibleButton
+                    { this.props.activeSpace.getMyMembership() === "join" && <AccessibleButton
                         className="mx_RoomList_explorePrompt_spaceExplore"
                         onClick={this.onExplore}
                     >
                         {_t("Explore rooms")}
-                    </AccessibleButton>
+                    </AccessibleButton> }
                 </div>;
             } else if (Object.values(this.state.sublists).some(list => list.length > 0)) {
                 const unfilteredLists = RoomListStore.instance.unfilteredLists