diff --git a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx
index c1d22ecedf..79aeea8321 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.tsx
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ export default class MessagePanel extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
 
         // Checking if the message has a "parentEventId" as we do not
         // want to hide the root event of the thread
-        if (mxEv.isThreadRoot && this.props.hideThreadedMessages
+        if (mxEv.isThreadRelation && this.props.hideThreadedMessages
                 && SettingsStore.getValue("feature_thread")) {
             return false;
         }