diff --git a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
index a6d0739313..0e52ff4c1c 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
@@ -215,10 +215,12 @@ class LoggedInView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
 
     _createResizer() {
         let size;
+        let collapsed;
         const collapseConfig: ICollapseConfig = {
             toggleSize: 260 - 50,
-            onCollapsed: (collapsed) => {
-                if (collapsed) {
+            onCollapsed: (_collapsed) => {
+                collapsed = _collapsed;
+                if (_collapsed) {
                     dis.dispatch({action: "hide_left_panel"}, true);
                     window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", '0');
                 } else {
@@ -233,7 +235,7 @@ class LoggedInView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                 this.props.resizeNotifier.startResizing();
             },
             onResizeStop: () => {
-                window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", '' + size);
+                if (!collapsed) window.localStorage.setItem("mx_lhs_size", '' + size);
                 this.props.resizeNotifier.stopResizing();
             },
         };