diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
index fdd43e3200..fd90d2d536 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ export default class ReplyTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
 
     componentDidMount() {
         this.props.mxEvent.on("Event.decrypted", this.onDecrypted);
+        this.props.mxEvent.on("Event.beforeRedaction", this.onBeforeRedaction);
     }
 
     componentWillUnmount() {
@@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ export default class ReplyTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
         }
     };
 
+    private onBeforeRedaction = (): void => {
+        // When the event gets redacted, update it, so that a different tile handler is used
+        this.forceUpdate();
+    };
+
     private onClick = (e: React.MouseEvent): void => {
         // This allows the permalink to be opened in a new tab/window or copied as
         // matrix.to, but also for it to enable routing within Riot when clicked.