diff --git a/src/components/views/avatars/MemberAvatar.tsx b/src/components/views/avatars/MemberAvatar.tsx
index 3483802af5..c79cbc0d32 100644
--- a/src/components/views/avatars/MemberAvatar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/avatars/MemberAvatar.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export default class MemberAvatar extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     }
 
     private static getState(props: IProps): IState {
-        if (props.member && props.member.name) {
+        if (props.member?.name) {
             let imageUrl = null;
             if (props.member.getMxcAvatarUrl()) {
                 imageUrl = mediaFromMxc(props.member.getMxcAvatarUrl()).getThumbnailOfSourceHttp(
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx
index c539f2be1c..5fd73f974d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/EventTilePreview.tsx
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ export default class EventTilePreview extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         const client = MatrixClientPeg.get();
         const userId = client.getUserId();
         const profileInfo = await client.getProfileInfo(userId);
-        const avatarUrl = Avatar.avatarUrlForUser(
-            {avatarUrl: profileInfo.avatar_url},
-            AVATAR_SIZE, AVATAR_SIZE, "crop");
+        const avatarUrl = profileInfo.avatar_url;
 
         this.setState({
             userId,
@@ -113,8 +111,9 @@ export default class EventTilePreview extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             name: displayname,
             userId: userId,
             getAvatarUrl: (..._) => {
-                return avatarUrl;
+                return Avatar.avatarUrlForUser({avatarUrl}, AVATAR_SIZE, AVATAR_SIZE, "crop");
             },
+            getMxcAvatarUrl: () => avatarUrl,
         };
 
         return event;