diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
index d73f9b5ccf..54044e8d65 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomTile.js
@@ -273,6 +273,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
         });
 
         let name = this.state.roomName;
+        if (name == undefined || name == null) name = '';
         name = name.replace(":", ":\u200b"); // add a zero-width space to allow linewrapping after the colon
 
         let badgeContent;