diff --git a/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go b/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go
index 6163b2aac..e17065478 100644
--- a/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go
+++ b/roomserver/internal/input/input_events.go
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ func (r *Inputer) calculateAndSetState(
 		// We've been told what the state at the event is so we don't need to calculate it.
 		// Check that those state events are in the database and store the state.
 		var entries []types.StateEntry
-		if entries, err = r.DB.StateEntriesForEventIDs(ctx, input.StateEventIDs, false); err != nil {
+		if entries, err = r.DB.StateEntriesForEventIDs(ctx, input.StateEventIDs, true); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("updater.StateEntriesForEventIDs: %w", err)
 		}
 		entries = types.DeduplicateStateEntries(entries)