diff --git a/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.js b/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.js
index 0c058a8859..c008cfe1f0 100644
--- a/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.js
+++ b/src/components/views/right_panel/UserInfo.js
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@ function openDMForUser(cli, userId) {
     const dmRooms = DMRoomMap.shared().getDMRoomsForUserId(userId);
     const lastActiveRoom = dmRooms.reduce((lastActiveRoom, roomId) => {
         const room = cli.getRoom(roomId);
-        if (!lastActiveRoom || (room && lastActiveRoom.getLastActiveTimestamp() < room.getLastActiveTimestamp())) {
+        if (!room || room.getMyMembership() === "leave") {
+            return lastActiveRoom;
+        }
+        if (!lastActiveRoom || lastActiveRoom.getLastActiveTimestamp() < room.getLastActiveTimestamp()) {
             return room;
         }
         return lastActiveRoom;
@@ -317,7 +320,7 @@ const UserOptionsSection = withLegacyMatrixClient(({matrixClient: cli, member, i
 
     return (
         <div className="mx_UserInfo_container">
-            <h3>{ _t("User Options") }</h3>
+            <h3>{ _t("Options") }</h3>
             <div className="mx_UserInfo_buttons">
                 { directMessageButton }
                 { readReceiptButton }
diff --git a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
index dc9773ad21..4b86c399a4 100644
--- a/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
+++ b/src/i18n/strings/en_EN.json
@@ -1068,6 +1068,8 @@
     "Files": "Files",
     "Trust & Devices": "Trust & Devices",
     "Direct messages": "Direct messages",
+    "Direct message": "Direct message",
+    "Options": "Options",
     "Remove from community": "Remove from community",
     "Disinvite this user from community?": "Disinvite this user from community?",
     "Remove this user from community?": "Remove this user from community?",
@@ -1091,7 +1093,6 @@
     "Reply": "Reply",
     "Edit": "Edit",
     "Message Actions": "Message Actions",
-    "Options": "Options",
     "Attachment": "Attachment",
     "Error decrypting attachment": "Error decrypting attachment",
     "Decrypt %(text)s": "Decrypt %(text)s",