diff --git a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js
index 02f224e942..460ed43e82 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js
@@ -339,6 +339,15 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 for (;i + 1 < this.props.events.length; i++) {
                     const collapsedMxEv = this.props.events[i + 1];
 
+                    // Ignore redacted/hidden member events
+                    if (!this._shouldShowEvent(collapsedMxEv)) {
+                        // If this hidden event is the RM and in or at end of a MELS put RM after MELS.
+                        if (collapsedMxEv.getId() === this.props.readMarkerEventId) {
+                            readMarkerInMels = true;
+                        }
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     if (!isMembershipChange(collapsedMxEv) ||
                         this._wantsDateSeparator(this.props.events[i], collapsedMxEv.getDate())) {
                         break;
@@ -349,11 +358,6 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                         readMarkerInMels = true;
                     }
 
-                    // Ignore redacted/hidden member events
-                    if (!this._shouldShowEvent(collapsedMxEv)) {
-                        continue;
-                    }
-
                     summarisedEvents.push(collapsedMxEv);
                 }