diff --git a/src/messageeventmodel.cpp b/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
index 589d12ffd..636c95cad 100644
--- a/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/messageeventmodel.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ void MessageEventModel::setRoom(NeoChatRoom *room)
     m_currentRoom = room;
     if (room) {
         room->setDisplayed();
-        room->getPreviousContent(50);
+        if (m_currentRoom->timelineSize() < 10) {
+            room->getPreviousContent(50);
+        }
         lastReadEventId = room->readMarkerEventId();
 
         using namespace Quotient;