diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/KeyBackupPanel.js b/src/components/views/settings/KeyBackupPanel.js
index 050c726ba4..1448b9d239 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/KeyBackupPanel.js
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/KeyBackupPanel.js
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import MatrixClientPeg from '../../../MatrixClientPeg';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
 
-export default class KeyBackupPanel extends React.Component {
+export default class KeyBackupPanel extends React.PureComponent {
     constructor(props) {
         super(props);