diff --git a/src/crypto/verification/request/VerificationRequest.ts b/src/crypto/verification/request/VerificationRequest.ts
index 49256b0b1..f250d7df5 100644
--- a/src/crypto/verification/request/VerificationRequest.ts
+++ b/src/crypto/verification/request/VerificationRequest.ts
@@ -842,11 +842,11 @@ export class VerificationRequest<
         }
 
         const isUnexpectedRequest = type === REQUEST_TYPE && this.phase !== PHASE_UNSENT;
-        const isUnexpectedReady = type === READY_TYPE && this.phase !== PHASE_REQUESTED;
+        const isUnexpectedReady = type === READY_TYPE && this.phase !== PHASE_REQUESTED && this.phase !== PHASE_STARTED;
         // only if phase has passed from PHASE_UNSENT should we cancel, because events
         // are allowed to come in in any order (at least with InRoomChannel). So we only know
-        // we're dealing with a valid request we should participate in once we've moved to PHASE_REQUESTED
-        // before that, we could be looking at somebody elses verification request and we just
+        // we're dealing with a valid request we should participate in once we've moved to PHASE_REQUESTED.
+        // Before that, we could be looking at somebody else's verification request and we just
         // happen to be in the room
         if (this.phase !== PHASE_UNSENT && (isUnexpectedRequest || isUnexpectedReady)) {
             logger.warn(`Cancelling, unexpected ${type} verification ` +
diff --git a/src/webrtc/callEventHandler.ts b/src/webrtc/callEventHandler.ts
index f190bde60..9053f8f41 100644
--- a/src/webrtc/callEventHandler.ts
+++ b/src/webrtc/callEventHandler.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export class CallEventHandler {
 
         // The following events need a call and a peer connection
         if (!call || !call.hasPeerConnection) {
-            logger.warn("Discarding an event, we don't have a call/peerConn", type);
+            logger.info(`Discarding possible call event ${event.getId()} as we don't have a call/peerConn`, type);
             return;
         }
         // Ignore remote echo