diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
index 8d396b5536..a595a91ba9 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomList.js
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 <RoomSubList list={ self.state.lists['m.favourite'] }
                              label="Favourites"
                              tagName="m.favourite"
-                             emptyContent={this._getEmptyContent('m.favourite')}
+                             emptyContent={self._getEmptyContent('m.favourite')}
                              editable={ true }
                              order="manual"
                              incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
@@ -665,8 +665,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 <RoomSubList list={ self.state.lists['im.vector.fake.direct'] }
                              label="People"
                              tagName="im.vector.fake.direct"
-                             emptyContent={this._getEmptyContent('im.vector.fake.direct')}
-                             headerItems={this._getHeaderItems('im.vector.fake.direct')}
+                             emptyContent={self._getEmptyContent('im.vector.fake.direct')}
+                             headerItems={self._getHeaderItems('im.vector.fake.direct')}
                              editable={ true }
                              order="recent"
                              incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
@@ -681,8 +681,8 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              label="Rooms"
                              tagName="im.vector.fake.recent"
                              editable={ true }
-                             emptyContent={this._getEmptyContent('im.vector.fake.recent')}
-                             headerItems={this._getHeaderItems('im.vector.fake.recent')}
+                             emptyContent={self._getEmptyContent('im.vector.fake.recent')}
+                             headerItems={self._getHeaderItems('im.vector.fake.recent')}
                              order="recent"
                              incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
                              collapsed={ self.props.collapsed }
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                              key={ tagName }
                              label={ tagName }
                              tagName={ tagName }
-                             emptyContent={this._getEmptyContent(tagName)}
+                             emptyContent={self._getEmptyContent(tagName)}
                              editable={ true }
                              order="manual"
                              incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
                 <RoomSubList list={ self.state.lists['m.lowpriority'] }
                              label="Low priority"
                              tagName="m.lowpriority"
-                             emptyContent={this._getEmptyContent('m.lowpriority')}
+                             emptyContent={self._getEmptyContent('m.lowpriority')}
                              editable={ true }
                              order="recent"
                              incomingCall={ self.state.incomingCall }