diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/utils/createMessageContent.ts b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/utils/createMessageContent.ts
index e6a3baabdd..6d8a9f218e 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/utils/createMessageContent.ts
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/wysiwyg_composer/utils/createMessageContent.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function getHtmlReplyFallback(mxEvent: MatrixEvent): string {
 
 function getTextReplyFallback(mxEvent: MatrixEvent): string {
     const body = mxEvent.getContent().body;
-    if (!body || typeof body !== 'string') {
+    if (typeof body !== 'string') {
         return "";
     }
     const lines = body.split("\n").map(l => l.trim());