diff --git a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
index 2e4611f7d0..b50b7a1f83 100644
--- a/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
+++ b/src/components/views/context_menus/MessageContextMenu.js
@@ -119,19 +119,28 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     onRedactClick: function() {
         const ConfirmRedactDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ConfirmRedactDialog");
         Modal.createTrackedDialog('Confirm Redact Dialog', '', ConfirmRedactDialog, {
-            onFinished: (proceed) => {
+            onFinished: async (proceed) => {
                 if (!proceed) return;
 
                 const cli = MatrixClientPeg.get();
-                cli.redactEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(), this.props.mxEvent.getId()).catch(function(e) {
-                    const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
-                    // display error message stating you couldn't delete this.
+                try {
+                    await cli.redactEvent(
+                        this.props.mxEvent.getRoomId(),
+                        this.props.mxEvent.getId(),
+                    );
+                } catch (e) {
                     const code = e.errcode || e.statusCode;
-                    Modal.createTrackedDialog('You cannot delete this message', '', ErrorDialog, {
-                        title: _t('Error'),
-                        description: _t('You cannot delete this message. (%(code)s)', {code}),
-                    });
-                }).done();
+                    // only show the dialog if failing for something other than a network error
+                    // (e.g. no errcode or statusCode)
+                    if (typeof code !== "undefined") {
+                        const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
+                        // display error message stating you couldn't delete this.
+                        Modal.createTrackedDialog('You cannot delete this message', '', ErrorDialog, {
+                            title: _t('Error'),
+                            description: _t('You cannot delete this message. (%(code)s)', {code}),
+                        });
+                    }
+                }
             },
         }, 'mx_Dialog_confirmredact');
         this.closeMenu();