diff --git a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js
index 0fe105e7ba..45f0b4f0f8 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/MessagePanel.js
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ module.exports = React.createClass({
     // once images in the events load, make the scrollPanel check the
     // scroll offsets.
     _onImageLoad: function() {
-        var scrollPanel = this.refs.messagePanel;
+        var scrollPanel = this.refs.scrollPanel;
         if (scrollPanel) {
             scrollPanel.checkScroll();
         }