diff --git a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
index 59c970c7d0c..9e1f8a3b62b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ export const SpaceCreateForm: React.FC<ISpaceCreateFormProps> = ({
                 const newName = ev.target.value;
                 if (!alias || alias === nameToAlias(name, domain)) {
                     setAlias(nameToAlias(newName, domain));
+                    aliasFieldRef.current.validate({ allowEmpty: true });
                 }
                 setName(newName);
             }}