diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js b/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
index cf4735f608..1bc9decd39 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ShareDialog.js
@@ -70,9 +70,16 @@ export default class ShareDialog extends React.Component {
         this.onCopyClick = this.onCopyClick.bind(this);
         this.onLinkSpecificEventCheckboxClick = this.onLinkSpecificEventCheckboxClick.bind(this);
 
+        let permalinkCreator: RoomPermalinkCreator = null;
+        if (props.target instanceof Room) {
+            permalinkCreator = new RoomPermalinkCreator(props.target);
+            permalinkCreator.load();
+        }
+
         this.state = {
             // MatrixEvent defaults to share linkSpecificEvent
             linkSpecificEvent: this.props.target instanceof MatrixEvent,
+            permalinkCreator,
         };
 
         this._link = createRef();
@@ -121,14 +128,6 @@ export default class ShareDialog extends React.Component {
         });
     }
 
-    componentDidMount() {
-        if (this.props.target instanceof Room) {
-            const permalinkCreator = new RoomPermalinkCreator(this.props.target);
-            permalinkCreator.load();
-            this.setState({permalinkCreator});
-        }
-    }
-
     componentWillUnmount() {
         // if the Copied tooltip is open then get rid of it, there are ways to close the modal which wouldn't close
         // the tooltip otherwise, such as pressing Escape or clicking X really quickly