diff --git a/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js b/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js
index 41f4d83743..d66049d3a5 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RightPanel.js
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import MatrixClientContext from "../../contexts/MatrixClientContext";
 import {Action} from "../../dispatcher/actions";
 import RoomSummaryCard from "../views/right_panel/RoomSummaryCard";
 import WidgetCard from "../views/right_panel/WidgetCard";
-import defaultDispatcher from "../../dispatcher/dispatcher";
 
 export default class RightPanel extends React.Component {
     static get propTypes() {
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ export default class RightPanel extends React.Component {
         }
     }
 
-    onCloseUserInfo = () => {
+    onClose = () => {
         // XXX: There are three different ways of 'closing' this panel depending on what state
         // things are in... this knows far more than it should do about the state of the rest
         // of the app and is generally a bit silly.
@@ -198,31 +197,21 @@ export default class RightPanel extends React.Component {
             dis.dispatch({
                 action: "view_home_page",
             });
-        } else if (this.state.phase === RightPanelPhases.EncryptionPanel &&
+        } else if (
+            this.state.phase === RightPanelPhases.EncryptionPanel &&
             this.state.verificationRequest && this.state.verificationRequest.pending
         ) {
             // When the user clicks close on the encryption panel cancel the pending request first if any
             this.state.verificationRequest.cancel();
         } else {
-            // Otherwise we have got our user from RoomViewStore which means we're being shown
-            // within a room/group, so go back to the member panel if we were in the encryption panel,
-            // or the member list if we were in the member panel... phew.
-            const isEncryptionPhase = this.state.phase === RightPanelPhases.EncryptionPanel;
+            // the RightPanelStore has no way of knowing which mode room/group it is in, so we handle closing here
             dis.dispatch({
-                action: Action.ViewUser,
-                member: isEncryptionPhase ? this.state.member : null,
+                action: Action.ToggleRightPanel,
+                type: this.props.groupId ? "group" : "room",
             });
         }
     };
 
-    onClose = () => {
-        // the RightPanelStore has no way of knowing which mode room/group it is in, so we handle closing here
-        defaultDispatcher.dispatch({
-            action: Action.ToggleRightPanel,
-            type: this.props.groupId ? "group" : "room",
-        });
-    };
-
     render() {
         const MemberList = sdk.getComponent('rooms.MemberList');
         const UserInfo = sdk.getComponent('right_panel.UserInfo');
@@ -260,7 +249,7 @@ export default class RightPanel extends React.Component {
                     user={this.state.member}
                     room={this.props.room}
                     key={roomId || this.state.member.userId}
-                    onClose={this.onCloseUserInfo}
+                    onClose={this.onClose}
                     phase={this.state.phase}
                     verificationRequest={this.state.verificationRequest}
                     verificationRequestPromise={this.state.verificationRequestPromise}
@@ -276,7 +265,7 @@ export default class RightPanel extends React.Component {
                     user={this.state.member}
                     groupId={this.props.groupId}
                     key={this.state.member.userId}
-                    onClose={this.onCloseUserInfo} />;
+                    onClose={this.onClose} />;
                 break;
 
             case RightPanelPhases.GroupRoomInfo:
diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/BaseCard.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/BaseCard.tsx
index 5927c7c3cc..09973809de 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/BaseCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/BaseCard.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ interface IProps {
     previousPhase?: RightPanelPhases;
     closeLabel?: string;
     onClose?(): void;
+    refireParams?;
 }
 
 interface IGroupProps {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ const BaseCard: React.FC<IProps> = ({
     withoutScrollContainer,
     previousPhase,
     children,
+    refireParams,
 }) => {
     let backButton;
     if (previousPhase) {
@@ -63,6 +65,7 @@ const BaseCard: React.FC<IProps> = ({
             defaultDispatcher.dispatch<SetRightPanelPhasePayload>({
                 action: Action.SetRightPanelPhase,
                 phase: previousPhase,
+                refireParams: refireParams,
             });
         };
         backButton = <AccessibleButton className="mx_BaseCard_back" onClick={onBackClick} title={_t("Back")} />;
diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx b/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx
index cdb4c43b09..a4b5cd0fbb 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.tsx
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ import QuestionDialog from "../dialogs/QuestionDialog";
 import ConfirmUserActionDialog from "../dialogs/ConfirmUserActionDialog";
 import InfoDialog from "../dialogs/InfoDialog";
 import { EventType } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/event";
+import {SetRightPanelPhasePayload} from "../../../dispatcher/payloads/SetRightPanelPhasePayload";
 
 interface IDevice {
     deviceId: string;
@@ -1534,6 +1535,24 @@ const UserInfo: React.FC<Props> = ({
 
     const classes = ["mx_UserInfo"];
 
+    let refireParams;
+    let previousPhase: RightPanelPhases;
+    // We have no previousPhase for when viewing a UserInfo from a Group or without a Room at this time
+    if (room && phase === RightPanelPhases.EncryptionPanel) {
+        previousPhase = RightPanelPhases.RoomMemberInfo;
+        refireParams = {member: member};
+    } else if (room) {
+        previousPhase = RightPanelPhases.RoomMemberList;
+    }
+
+    const onEncryptionPanelClose = () => {
+        dis.dispatch<SetRightPanelPhasePayload>({
+            action: Action.SetRightPanelPhase,
+            phase: previousPhase,
+            refireParams: refireParams,
+        });
+    }
+
     let content;
     switch (phase) {
         case RightPanelPhases.RoomMemberInfo:
@@ -1553,19 +1572,13 @@ const UserInfo: React.FC<Props> = ({
                 <EncryptionPanel
                     {...props as React.ComponentProps<typeof EncryptionPanel>}
                     member={member}
-                    onClose={onClose}
+                    onClose={onEncryptionPanelClose}
                     isRoomEncrypted={isRoomEncrypted}
                 />
             );
             break;
     }
 
-    let previousPhase: RightPanelPhases;
-    // We have no previousPhase for when viewing a UserInfo from a Group or without a Room at this time
-    if (room) {
-        previousPhase = RightPanelPhases.RoomMemberList;
-    }
-
     let closeLabel = undefined;
     if (phase === RightPanelPhases.EncryptionPanel) {
         const verificationRequest = (props as React.ComponentProps<typeof EncryptionPanel>).verificationRequest;
@@ -1581,6 +1594,7 @@ const UserInfo: React.FC<Props> = ({
         onClose={onClose}
         closeLabel={closeLabel}
         previousPhase={previousPhase}
+        refireParams={refireParams}
     >
         { content }
     </BaseCard>;