diff --git a/roomserver/api/output.go b/roomserver/api/output.go
index 4a6f54595..edc2251ce 100644
--- a/roomserver/api/output.go
+++ b/roomserver/api/output.go
@@ -170,16 +170,14 @@ type OutputNewRoomEvent struct {
 // The slice returned contains the output room event itself in all cases.
 func (o *OutputNewRoomEvent) AddsState(ctx context.Context, rsAPI RoomserverInternalAPI) ([]*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent, error) {
 	events := make([]*gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent, 0, len(o.AddsStateEventIDs))
-	if len(o.AddsStateEventIDs) > 0 {
-		eventsReq := &QueryEventsByIDRequest{
-			EventIDs: o.AddsStateEventIDs,
-		}
-		eventsRes := &QueryEventsByIDResponse{}
-		if err := rsAPI.QueryEventsByID(ctx, eventsReq, eventsRes); err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("s.rsAPI.QueryEventsByID: %w", err)
-		}
-		events = append(events, eventsRes.Events...)
+	eventsReq := &QueryEventsByIDRequest{
+		EventIDs: o.AddsStateEventIDs,
 	}
+	eventsRes := &QueryEventsByIDResponse{}
+	if err := rsAPI.QueryEventsByID(ctx, eventsReq, eventsRes); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("s.rsAPI.QueryEventsByID: %w", err)
+	}
+	events = append(events, eventsRes.Events...)
 	return events, nil
 }