From 9e8234c98fce26c62339641add94e13ee7cb271f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 23:00:08 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Handle null from TimelinePanel.getScrollState in RoomView
 _getScrollState

Signed-off-by: Michael Telatynski <7t3chguy@gmail.com>
---
 src/components/structures/RoomView.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index 13523104ae..27b9d93e50 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -1417,7 +1417,8 @@ module.exports = createReactClass({
 
         const scrollState = messagePanel.getScrollState();
 
-        if (scrollState.stuckAtBottom) {
+        // getScrollState on TimelinePanel *may* return null, so guard against that
+        if (!scrollState || scrollState.stuckAtBottom) {
             // we don't really expect to be in this state, but it will
             // occasionally happen when no scroll state has been set on the
             // messagePanel (ie, we didn't have an initial event (so it's