diff --git a/src/stores/room-list/filters/NameFilterCondition.ts b/src/stores/room-list/filters/NameFilterCondition.ts
index 2a652a091f..7ec91a3249 100644
--- a/src/stores/room-list/filters/NameFilterCondition.ts
+++ b/src/stores/room-list/filters/NameFilterCondition.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class NameFilterCondition extends EventEmitter implements IFilterConditio
 
         if (!room.name) return false; // should realistically not happen: the js-sdk always calculates a name
 
-        return this.matches(room.name);
+        return this.matches(room.normalizedName);
     }
 
     public matches(normalizedName: string): boolean {