diff --git a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/TimelineViewModel.kt b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/TimelineViewModel.kt
index edf8669d1f..dafb41abc9 100644
--- a/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/TimelineViewModel.kt
+++ b/vector/src/main/java/im/vector/app/features/home/room/detail/TimelineViewModel.kt
@@ -1132,10 +1132,12 @@ class TimelineViewModel @AssistedInject constructor(
             computeUnreadState(timelineEvents, roomSummary)
         }
                 // We don't want live update of unread so we skip when we already had a HasUnread or HasNoUnread
+                // However, we want to update an existing HasUnread, as we might get additional information during loading of events.
                 .distinctUntilChanged { previous, current ->
                     when {
                         previous is UnreadState.Unknown || previous is UnreadState.ReadMarkerNotLoaded -> false
-                        current is UnreadState.HasUnread /*|| current is UnreadState.HasNoUnread */    -> true
+                        previous is UnreadState.HasUnread && current is UnreadState.HasUnread          -> false
+                        current is UnreadState.HasUnread || current is UnreadState.HasNoUnread         -> true
                         else                                                                           -> false
                     }
                 }