diff --git a/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx b/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
index 56ee9dd62a..ea4c75e25c 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ export default class SpaceRoomView extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         let suggestedRooms = SpaceStore.instance.suggestedRooms;
         if (SpaceStore.instance.activeSpace !== this.props.space) {
             // the space store has the suggested rooms loaded for a different space, fetch the right ones
-            suggestedRooms = (await SpaceStore.instance.fetchSuggestedRooms(this.props.space, 1)).rooms;
+            suggestedRooms = (await SpaceStore.instance.fetchSuggestedRooms(this.props.space, 1));
         }
 
         if (suggestedRooms.length) {
@@ -814,9 +814,11 @@ export default class SpaceRoomView extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
             defaultDispatcher.dispatch({
                 action: "view_room",
                 room_id: room.room_id,
+                room_alias: room.canonical_alias || room.aliases?.[0],
+                via_servers: room.viaServers,
                 oobData: {
                     avatarUrl: room.avatar_url,
-                    name: room.name || room.canonical_alias || room.aliases.pop() || _t("Empty room"),
+                    name: room.name || room.canonical_alias || room.aliases?.[0] || _t("Empty room"),
                 },
             });
             return;
diff --git a/src/stores/SpaceStore.tsx b/src/stores/SpaceStore.tsx
index 9488bf3cbd..40997d30a8 100644
--- a/src/stores/SpaceStore.tsx
+++ b/src/stores/SpaceStore.tsx
@@ -162,43 +162,41 @@ export class SpaceStoreClass extends AsyncStoreWithClient<IState> {
         }
 
         if (space) {
-            const data = await this.fetchSuggestedRooms(space);
+            const suggestedRooms = await this.fetchSuggestedRooms(space);
             if (this._activeSpace === space) {
-                const viaMap = new EnhancedMap<string, Set<string>>();
-                data.events.forEach(ev => {
-                    if (ev.type === EventType.SpaceChild && ev.content.via?.length) {
-                        ev.content.via.forEach(via => {
-                            viaMap.getOrCreate(ev.state_key, new Set()).add(via);
-                        });
-                    }
-                });
-
-                this._suggestedRooms = data.rooms.filter(roomInfo => {
-                    return roomInfo.room_type !== RoomType.Space
-                        && this.matrixClient.getRoom(roomInfo.room_id)?.getMyMembership() !== "join";
-                }).map(roomInfo => ({
-                    ...roomInfo,
-                    viaServers: Array.from(viaMap.get(roomInfo.room_id) || []),
-                }));
+                this._suggestedRooms = suggestedRooms;
                 this.emit(SUGGESTED_ROOMS, this._suggestedRooms);
             }
         }
     }
 
-    public fetchSuggestedRooms = async (space: Room, limit = MAX_SUGGESTED_ROOMS) => {
+    public fetchSuggestedRooms = async (space: Room, limit = MAX_SUGGESTED_ROOMS): Promise<ISuggestedRoom[]> => {
         try {
             const data: {
                 rooms: ISpaceSummaryRoom[];
                 events: ISpaceSummaryEvent[];
             } = await this.matrixClient.getSpaceSummary(space.roomId, 0, true, false, limit);
-            return data;
+
+            const viaMap = new EnhancedMap<string, Set<string>>();
+            data.events.forEach(ev => {
+                if (ev.type === EventType.SpaceChild && ev.content.via?.length) {
+                    ev.content.via.forEach(via => {
+                        viaMap.getOrCreate(ev.state_key, new Set()).add(via);
+                    });
+                }
+            });
+
+            return data.rooms.filter(roomInfo => {
+                return roomInfo.room_type !== RoomType.Space
+                    && this.matrixClient.getRoom(roomInfo.room_id)?.getMyMembership() !== "join";
+            }).map(roomInfo => ({
+                ...roomInfo,
+                viaServers: Array.from(viaMap.get(roomInfo.room_id) || []),
+            }));
         } catch (e) {
             console.error(e);
         }
-        return {
-            rooms: [],
-            events: [],
-        };
+        return [];
     };
 
     public addRoomToSpace(space: Room, roomId: string, via: string[], suggested = false, autoJoin = false) {