diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
index bbfc4649d2..534988922f 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     componentDidMount: function() {
         this.dispatcherRef = dis.register(this.onAction);
         const cfg = {
-            layout: this._layout,
+            getLayout: () => this._layout,
         };
         this.resizer = new Resizer(this.resizeContainer, Distributor, cfg);
         this.resizer.setClassNames({
diff --git a/src/resizer/distributors/roomsublist2.js b/src/resizer/distributors/roomsublist2.js
index e70e6893c6..a715087630 100644
--- a/src/resizer/distributors/roomsublist2.js
+++ b/src/resizer/distributors/roomsublist2.js
@@ -319,8 +319,7 @@ class Handle {
 export class Distributor extends FixedDistributor {
     constructor(item, cfg) {
         super(item);
-        const layout = cfg.layout;
-        this._handle = layout.openHandle(item.id);
+        this._handle = cfg.getLayout().openHandle(item.id);
     }
 
     finish() {