diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx
index ca798d12f1..90ca8b2d4b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx
@@ -279,10 +279,6 @@ export default class RoomSublist2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
 
         const tiles: React.ReactElement[] = [];
 
-        if (this.props.extraBadTilesThatShouldntExist) {
-            tiles.push(...this.props.extraBadTilesThatShouldntExist);
-        }
-
         if (this.props.rooms) {
             const visibleRooms = this.props.rooms.slice(0, this.numVisibleTiles);
             for (const room of visibleRooms) {
@@ -298,6 +294,10 @@ export default class RoomSublist2 extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             }
         }
 
+        if (this.props.extraBadTilesThatShouldntExist) {
+            tiles.push(...this.props.extraBadTilesThatShouldntExist);
+        }
+
         // We only have to do this because of the extra tiles. We do it conditionally
         // to avoid spending cycles on slicing. It's generally fine to do this though
         // as users are unlikely to have more than a handful of tiles when the extra