diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
index 741a7ac5ef..cf7d1ce945 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/ReplyTile.tsx
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ export default class ReplyTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
         const msgType = mxEvent.getContent().msgtype;
         const evType = mxEvent.getType() as EventType;
 
-        const { tileHandler, isInfoMessage } = getEventDisplayInfo(this.props.mxEvent);
+        const { tileHandler, isInfoMessage } = getEventDisplayInfo(mxEvent);
         // This shouldn't happen: the caller should check we support this type
         // before trying to instantiate us
         if (!tileHandler) {
@@ -110,14 +110,14 @@ export default class ReplyTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
         const EventTileType = sdk.getComponent(tileHandler);
 
         const classes = classNames("mx_ReplyTile", {
-            mx_ReplyTile_info: isInfoMessage && !this.props.mxEvent.isRedacted(),
+            mx_ReplyTile_info: isInfoMessage && !mxEvent.isRedacted(),
             mx_ReplyTile_audio: msgType === MsgType.Audio,
             mx_ReplyTile_video: msgType === MsgType.Video,
         });
 
         let permalink = "#";
         if (this.props.permalinkCreator) {
-            permalink = this.props.permalinkCreator.forEvent(this.props.mxEvent.getId());
+            permalink = this.props.permalinkCreator.forEvent(mxEvent.getId());
         }
 
         let sender;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export default class ReplyTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
 
         if (needsSenderProfile) {
             sender = <SenderProfile
-                mxEvent={this.props.mxEvent}
+                mxEvent={mxEvent}
                 enableFlair={false}
             />;
         }
@@ -152,14 +152,14 @@ export default class ReplyTile extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
                     { sender }
                     <EventTileType
                         ref="tile"
-                        mxEvent={this.props.mxEvent}
+                        mxEvent={mxEvent}
                         highlights={this.props.highlights}
                         highlightLink={this.props.highlightLink}
                         onHeightChanged={this.props.onHeightChanged}
                         showUrlPreview={false}
                         overrideBodyTypes={msgtypeOverrides}
                         overrideEventTypes={evOverrides}
-                        replacingEventId={this.props.mxEvent.replacingEventId()}
+                        replacingEventId={mxEvent.replacingEventId()}
                         maxImageHeight={96} />
                 </a>
             </div>