diff --git a/federationapi/routing/state.go b/federationapi/routing/state.go
index 6a47882b7..6c02722e9 100644
--- a/federationapi/routing/state.go
+++ b/federationapi/routing/state.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func getState(
 		return nil, &util.JSONResponse{Code: http.StatusNotFound, JSON: nil}
 	}
 
-	prevEventIDs := getIDsFromEventRef(event.PrevEvents())
+	prevEventIDs := []string{eventID}
 	authEventIDs := getIDsFromEventRef(event.AuthEvents())
 
 	var response api.QueryStateAndAuthChainResponse