diff --git a/syncapi/streams/stream_pdu.go b/syncapi/streams/stream_pdu.go
index 3f6888804..48daf857d 100644
--- a/syncapi/streams/stream_pdu.go
+++ b/syncapi/streams/stream_pdu.go
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ func (p *PDUStreamProvider) updatePowerLevelEvent(ctx context.Context, ev *rstyp
 	}
 
 	var evNew gomatrixserverlib.PDU
-	evNew, err = gomatrixserverlib.MustGetRoomVersion(gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersionPseudoIDs).NewEventFromTrustedJSON(newEv, false)
+	evNew, err = gomatrixserverlib.MustGetRoomVersion(gomatrixserverlib.RoomVersionPseudoIDs).NewEventFromTrustedJSONWithEventID(ev.EventID(), newEv, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}