diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
index 90f6daf6cb..f928a0777d 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.tsx
@@ -1911,7 +1911,7 @@ export default class RoomView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             );
         }
 
-        if (this.state.room?.isSpaceRoom()) {
+        if (SettingsStore.getValue("feature_spaces") && this.state.room?.isSpaceRoom()) {
             return <SpaceRoomView
                 space={this.state.room}
                 justCreatedOpts={this.props.justCreatedOpts}