diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index 9b772b8e42..0e962f7c5c 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -1005,8 +1005,15 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
 
             var eventId = mxEv.getId();
             var highlight = (eventId == this.props.highlightedEventId);
+
+            // we can't use local echoes as scroll tokens, because their event IDs change.
+            // Local echos have a send "status".
+            var scrollToken = mxEv.status ? undefined : eventId;
+
             ret.push(
-                <li key={eventId} ref={this._collectEventNode.bind(this, eventId)} data-scroll-token={eventId}>
+                <li key={eventId} 
+                        ref={this._collectEventNode.bind(this, eventId)} 
+                        data-scroll-token={scrollToken}>
                     <EventTile mxEvent={mxEv} continuation={continuation}
                         last={last} isSelectedEvent={highlight}/>
                 </li>