diff --git a/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx b/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx
index 76352523..ea57bd10 100644
--- a/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx
+++ b/src/room/GroupCallView.tsx
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ export const GroupCallView: FC<Props> = ({
           client={client}
           matrixInfo={matrixInfo}
           rtcSession={rtcSession as MatrixRTCSession}
+          matrixRoom={room}
           participantCount={participantCount}
           onLeave={onLeave}
           header={header}
diff --git a/src/room/InCallView.test.tsx b/src/room/InCallView.test.tsx
index b88aaad7..ec057e94 100644
--- a/src/room/InCallView.test.tsx
+++ b/src/room/InCallView.test.tsx
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ function createInCallView(): RenderResult & {
                     kind: E2eeType.NONE,
                   },
                 }}
+                matrixRoom={room}
                 livekitRoom={livekitRoom}
                 participantCount={0}
                 onLeave={function (): void {
diff --git a/src/room/InCallView.tsx b/src/room/InCallView.tsx
index 5aa270d2..2061289a 100644
--- a/src/room/InCallView.tsx
+++ b/src/room/InCallView.tsx
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ Please see LICENSE in the repository root for full details.
 
 import { RoomContext, useLocalParticipant } from "@livekit/components-react";
 import { IconButton, Text, Tooltip } from "@vector-im/compound-web";
-import { ConnectionState, type Room } from "livekit-client";
-import { type MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk";
+import { ConnectionState, type Room as LivekitRoom } from "livekit-client";
+import { type MatrixClient, type Room as MatrixRoom } from "matrix-js-sdk";
 import {
   type FC,
   type PointerEvent,
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ export const ActiveCall: FC<ActiveCallProps> = (props) => {
       const reactionsReader = new ReactionsReader(props.rtcSession);
       const vm = new CallViewModel(
         props.rtcSession,
+        props.matrixRoom,
         livekitRoom,
         mediaDevices,
         {
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ export const ActiveCall: FC<ActiveCallProps> = (props) => {
     }
   }, [
     props.rtcSession,
+    props.matrixRoom,
     livekitRoom,
     mediaDevices,
     props.e2eeSystem,
@@ -212,7 +214,8 @@ export interface InCallViewProps {
   vm: CallViewModel;
   matrixInfo: MatrixInfo;
   rtcSession: MatrixRTCSession;
-  livekitRoom: Room;
+  matrixRoom: MatrixRoom;
+  livekitRoom: LivekitRoom;
   muteStates: MuteStates;
   participantCount: number;
   /** Function to call when the user explicitly ends the call */
@@ -228,6 +231,7 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
   vm,
   matrixInfo,
   rtcSession,
+  matrixRoom,
   livekitRoom,
   muteStates,
   participantCount,
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
   const [useExperimentalToDeviceTransport] = useSetting(
     useExperimentalToDeviceTransportSetting,
   );
-  const encryptionSystem = useRoomEncryptionSystem(rtcSession.room.roomId);
+  const encryptionSystem = useRoomEncryptionSystem(matrixRoom.roomId);
   const memberships = useMatrixRTCSessionMemberships(rtcSession);
 
   const showToDeviceEncryption = useMemo(
@@ -642,7 +646,7 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
   };
 
   const rageshakeRequestModalProps = useRageshakeRequestModal(
-    rtcSession.room.roomId,
+    matrixRoom.roomId,
   );
 
   const toggleScreensharing = useCallback(() => {
@@ -800,7 +804,7 @@ export const InCallView: FC<InCallViewProps> = ({
           <RageshakeRequestModal {...rageshakeRequestModalProps} />
           <SettingsModal
             client={client}
-            roomId={rtcSession.room.roomId}
+            roomId={matrixRoom.roomId}
             open={settingsModalOpen}
             onDismiss={closeSettings}
             tab={settingsTab}
diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel.test.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel.test.ts
index 511a9431..c46b37c6 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel.test.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ function withCallViewModel(
     .spyOn(ComponentsCore, "roomEventSelector")
     .mockImplementation((room, eventType) => of());
 
-  const liveKitRoom = mockLivekitRoom(
+  const livekitRoom = mockLivekitRoom(
     { localParticipant },
     { remoteParticipants$ },
   );
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ function withCallViewModel(
 
   const vm = new CallViewModel(
     rtcSession as unknown as MatrixRTCSession,
-    liveKitRoom,
+    room,
+    livekitRoom,
     mediaDevices,
     options,
     connectionState$,
diff --git a/src/state/CallViewModel.ts b/src/state/CallViewModel.ts
index 70183a37..80076cb2 100644
--- a/src/state/CallViewModel.ts
+++ b/src/state/CallViewModel.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ import {
   type RemoteParticipant,
   Track,
 } from "livekit-client";
-import { RoomStateEvent, type Room, type RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk";
+import {
+  RoomStateEvent,
+  type Room as MatrixRoom,
+  type RoomMember,
+} from "matrix-js-sdk";
 import {
   BehaviorSubject,
   EMPTY,
@@ -368,7 +372,7 @@ type MediaItem = UserMedia | ScreenShare;
 
 function getRoomMemberFromRtcMember(
   rtcMember: CallMembership,
-  room: Room,
+  room: MatrixRoom,
 ): { id: string; member: RoomMember | undefined } {
   // WARN! This is not exactly the sender but the user defined in the state key.
   // This will be available once we change to the new "member as object" format in the MatrixRTC object.
@@ -481,7 +485,7 @@ export class CallViewModel extends ViewModel {
     // Handle call membership changes.
     fromEvent(this.matrixRTCSession, MatrixRTCSessionEvent.MembershipsChanged),
     // Handle room membership changes (and displayname updates)
-    fromEvent(this.matrixRTCSession.room, RoomStateEvent.Members),
+    fromEvent(this.matrixRoom, RoomStateEvent.Members),
   ).pipe(
     startWith(this.matrixRTCSession.memberships),
     map(() => {
@@ -497,7 +501,7 @@ export class CallViewModel extends ViewModel {
   public readonly memberDisplaynames$ = this.memberships$.pipe(
     map((memberships) => {
       const displaynameMap = new Map<string, string>();
-      const { room } = this.matrixRTCSession;
+      const room = this.matrixRoom;
 
       // We only consider RTC members for disambiguation as they are the only visible members.
       for (const rtcMember of memberships) {
@@ -565,7 +569,7 @@ export class CallViewModel extends ViewModel {
         ) => {
           const newItems = new Map(
             function* (this: CallViewModel): Iterable<[string, MediaItem]> {
-              const room = this.matrixRTCSession.room;
+              const room = this.matrixRoom;
               // m.rtc.members are the basis for calculating what is visible in the call
               for (const rtcMember of this.matrixRTCSession.memberships) {
                 const { member, id: livekitParticipantId } =
@@ -783,7 +787,7 @@ export class CallViewModel extends ViewModel {
 
   public readonly allOthersLeft$ = this.matrixUserChanges$.pipe(
     map(({ userIds, leftUserIds }) => {
-      const userId = this.matrixRTCSession.room.client.getUserId();
+      const userId = this.matrixRoom.client.getUserId();
       if (!userId) {
         logger.warn("Could access client.getUserId to compute allOthersLeft");
         return false;
@@ -1485,6 +1489,7 @@ export class CallViewModel extends ViewModel {
   public constructor(
     // A call is permanently tied to a single Matrix room and LiveKit room
     private readonly matrixRTCSession: MatrixRTCSession,
+    private readonly matrixRoom: MatrixRoom,
     private readonly livekitRoom: LivekitRoom,
     private readonly mediaDevices: MediaDevices,
     private readonly options: CallViewModelOptions,
diff --git a/src/utils/test-viewmodel.ts b/src/utils/test-viewmodel.ts
index 4781bf3d..7978bd96 100644
--- a/src/utils/test-viewmodel.ts
+++ b/src/utils/test-viewmodel.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { vitest } from "vitest";
 import { type RelationsContainer } from "matrix-js-sdk/lib/models/relations-container";
 import EventEmitter from "events";
 
-import type { RoomMember, MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk";
+import type { RoomMember, MatrixClient, Room } from "matrix-js-sdk";
 import { E2eeType } from "../e2ee/e2eeType";
 import { CallViewModel } from "../state/CallViewModel";
 import {
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export function getBasicRTCSession(
   initialRemoteRtcMemberships: CallMembership[] = [aliceRtcMember],
 ): {
   rtcSession: MockRTCSession;
+  matrixRoom: Room;
   remoteRtcMemberships$: BehaviorSubject<CallMembership[]>;
 } {
   const matrixRoomId = "!myRoomId:example.com";
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ export function getBasicRTCSession(
 
   return {
     rtcSession,
+    matrixRoom,
     remoteRtcMemberships$,
   };
 }
@@ -122,7 +124,7 @@ export function getBasicCallViewModelEnvironment(
   handRaisedSubject$: BehaviorSubject<Record<string, RaisedHandInfo>>;
   reactionsSubject$: BehaviorSubject<Record<string, ReactionInfo>>;
 } {
-  const { rtcSession, remoteRtcMemberships$ } = getBasicRTCSession(
+  const { rtcSession, matrixRoom, remoteRtcMemberships$ } = getBasicRTCSession(
     members,
     initialRemoteRtcMemberships,
   );
@@ -130,13 +132,14 @@ export function getBasicCallViewModelEnvironment(
   const reactionsSubject$ = new BehaviorSubject({});
 
   const remoteParticipants$ = of([aliceParticipant]);
-  const liveKitRoom = mockLivekitRoom(
+  const livekitRoom = mockLivekitRoom(
     { localParticipant },
     { remoteParticipants$ },
   );
   const vm = new CallViewModel(
     rtcSession as unknown as MatrixRTCSession,
-    liveKitRoom,
+    matrixRoom,
+    livekitRoom,
     mockMediaDevices({}),
     {
       encryptionSystem: { kind: E2eeType.PER_PARTICIPANT },