diff --git a/src/bot.ts b/src/bot.ts
index 045f1cfbb509b15afe77508dde980822884cc86d..26acfac78a91b7fbc8fc2df9692f8af9b8a08244 100644
--- a/src/bot.ts
+++ b/src/bot.ts
@@ -197,9 +197,7 @@ export class DiscordBot {
     if (result.botUser) {
         // We are doing this through webhooks so fetch the user profile.
         profile = await mxClient.getStateEvent(event.room_id, "m.room.member", event.sender);
-        if (profile !== null) {
-          profile = profile.content;
-        } else {
+        if (profile === null) {
           log.warn("DiscordBot", `User ${event.sender} has no member state. That's odd.`);
         }
     }