diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx
index 5c4ca8397b5..50d14e33a31 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/SpotlightDialog.tsx
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ const SpotlightDialog: React.FC<IProps> = ({ initialText = "", onFinished }) =>
         const lcQuery = trimmedQuery.toLowerCase();
         const normalizedQuery = normalize(trimmedQuery);
 
-        return cli.getRooms().filter(r => {
+        return cli.getVisibleRooms().filter(r => {
             return r.getCanonicalAlias()?.includes(lcQuery) || r.normalizedName.includes(normalizedQuery);
         });
     }, [cli, query]);