diff --git a/src/models/Call.ts b/src/models/Call.ts
index 9f41787c46..24de62334c 100644
--- a/src/models/Call.ts
+++ b/src/models/Call.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ import { getCurrentLanguage } from "../languageHandler";
 import { FontWatcher } from "../settings/watchers/FontWatcher";
 import { PosthogAnalytics } from "../PosthogAnalytics";
 import { UPDATE_EVENT } from "../stores/AsyncStore";
-import { getFunctionalMembers } from "../utils/room/getFunctionalMembers";
+import { getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers } from "../utils/room/getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers";
 
 const TIMEOUT_MS = 16000;
 
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ export class ElementCall extends Call {
 
         // We only want to ring in rooms that have less or equal to NOTIFY_MEMBER_LIMIT participants. For really large rooms we don't want to ring.
         const NOTIFY_MEMBER_LIMIT = 15;
-        const memberCount = getFunctionalMembers(room).length;
+        const memberCount = getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers(room).length;
         if (!isVideoRoom && existingRoomCallMembers.length == 0 && memberCount <= NOTIFY_MEMBER_LIMIT) {
             // send ringing event
             const content: ICallNotifyContent = {
diff --git a/src/utils/room/getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers.ts b/src/utils/room/getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers.ts
index 20a1b37eb8..a12284e726 100644
--- a/src/utils/room/getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/room/getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ import { Room, RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { getFunctionalMembers } from "./getFunctionalMembers";
 
 /**
- * Returns all room members that are non-functional (bots etc.).
+ * Returns all room members that are non-functional (all actual room members).
+ *
+ * A functional user is a user that is not a real user, but a bot, assistant, etc.
  */
 export const getJoinedNonFunctionalMembers = (room: Room): RoomMember[] => {
     const functionalMembers = getFunctionalMembers(room);
diff --git a/test/models/Call-test.ts b/test/models/Call-test.ts
index 78d0ad37fd..3b00e1cdd7 100644
--- a/test/models/Call-test.ts
+++ b/test/models/Call-test.ts
@@ -17,15 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 import EventEmitter from "events";
 import { mocked } from "jest-mock";
 import { waitFor } from "@testing-library/react";
-import {
-    RoomType,
-    Room,
-    RoomEvent,
-    MatrixEvent,
-    RoomStateEvent,
-    PendingEventOrdering,
-    UNSTABLE_ELEMENT_FUNCTIONAL_USERS,
-} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import { RoomType, Room, RoomEvent, MatrixEvent, RoomStateEvent, PendingEventOrdering } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { Widget } from "matrix-widget-api";
 // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-imports
 import { MatrixRTCSessionManagerEvents } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrixrtc/MatrixRTCSessionManager";
@@ -991,20 +983,11 @@ describe("ElementCall", () => {
         });
     });
     describe("create call", () => {
-        function setFunctionalMembers(members: string[]) {
-            room.currentState.setStateEvents([
-                mkEvent({
-                    event: true,
-                    type: UNSTABLE_ELEMENT_FUNCTIONAL_USERS.name,
-                    user: "@user:example.com",
-                    room: room.roomId,
-                    skey: "",
-                    content: { service_members: members },
-                }),
-            ]);
+        function setRoomMembers(memberIds: string[]) {
+            jest.spyOn(room, "getJoinedMembers").mockReturnValue(memberIds.map((id) => ({ userId: id } as RoomMember)));
         }
         beforeEach(async () => {
-            setFunctionalMembers(["@user:example.com", "@user2:example.com", "@user4:example.com"]);
+            setRoomMembers(["@user:example.com", "@user2:example.com", "@user4:example.com"]);
         });
         it("sends notify event on create in a room with more than two members", async () => {
             const sendEventSpy = jest.spyOn(room.client, "sendEvent");
@@ -1017,7 +1000,7 @@ describe("ElementCall", () => {
             });
         });
         it("sends ring on create in a DM (two participants) room", async () => {
-            setFunctionalMembers(["@user:example.com", "@user2:example.com"]);
+            setRoomMembers(["@user:example.com", "@user2:example.com"]);
 
             const sendEventSpy = jest.spyOn(room.client, "sendEvent");
             await ElementCall.create(room);