diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
index d8ea45eac2..dd8b567c26 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.tsx
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export default class RoomList extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             // diff the object for changes, so do that.
             const sublists = objectShallowClone(newLists, (k, v) => arrayFastClone(v));
 
-            this.setState({sublists: sublists}, () => {
+            this.setState({sublists}, () => {
                 this.props.onResize();
             });
         }