diff --git a/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx b/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
index d32546f74d4..6bb04334486 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/SpaceRoomView.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ interface IProps {
 
 interface IState {
     phase: Phase;
-    createdRooms?: boolean; // internal state for the creation wizard
+    firstRoomId?: string; // internal state for the creation wizard
     showRightPanel: boolean;
     myMembership: string;
 }
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ const SpaceSetupFirstRooms = ({ space, title, description, onFinished }) => {
         try {
             const isPublic = space.getJoinRule() === JoinRule.Public;
             const filteredRoomNames = roomNames.map(name => name.trim()).filter(Boolean);
-            await Promise.all(filteredRoomNames.map(name => {
+            const roomIds = await Promise.all(filteredRoomNames.map(name => {
                 return createRoom({
                     createOpts: {
                         preset: isPublic ? Preset.PublicChat : Preset.PrivateChat,
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ const SpaceSetupFirstRooms = ({ space, title, description, onFinished }) => {
                     suggested: true,
                 });
             }));
-            onFinished(filteredRoomNames.length > 0);
+            onFinished(roomIds[0]);
         } catch (e) {
             console.error("Failed to create initial space rooms", e);
             setError(_t("Failed to create initial space rooms"));
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ const SpaceSetupFirstRooms = ({ space, title, description, onFinished }) => {
 
     let onClick = (ev) => {
         ev.preventDefault();
-        onFinished(false);
+        onFinished();
     };
     let buttonLabel = _t("Skip for now");
     if (roomNames.some(name => name.trim())) {
@@ -588,7 +588,11 @@ const SpaceAddExistingRooms = ({ space, onFinished }) => {
     </div>;
 };
 
-const SpaceSetupPublicShare = ({ justCreatedOpts, space, onFinished, createdRooms }) => {
+interface ISpaceSetupPublicShareProps extends Pick<IProps & IState, "justCreatedOpts" | "space" | "firstRoomId"> {
+    onFinished(): void;
+}
+
+const SpaceSetupPublicShare = ({ justCreatedOpts, space, onFinished, firstRoomId }: ISpaceSetupPublicShareProps) => {
     return <div className="mx_SpaceRoomView_publicShare">
         <h1>{ _t("Share %(name)s", {
             name: justCreatedOpts?.createOpts?.name || space.name,
@@ -601,7 +605,7 @@ const SpaceSetupPublicShare = ({ justCreatedOpts, space, onFinished, createdRoom
 
         <div className="mx_SpaceRoomView_buttons">
             <AccessibleButton kind="primary" onClick={onFinished}>
-                { createdRooms ? _t("Go to my first room") : _t("Go to my space") }
+                { firstRoomId ? _t("Go to my first room") : _t("Go to my space") }
             </AccessibleButton>
         </div>
     </div>;
@@ -844,35 +848,10 @@ export default class SpaceRoomView extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
     };
 
     private goToFirstRoom = async () => {
-        // TODO actually go to the first room
-
-        const childRooms = SpaceStore.instance.getChildRooms(this.props.space.roomId);
-        if (childRooms.length) {
-            const room = childRooms[0];
+        if (this.state.firstRoomId) {
             defaultDispatcher.dispatch({
                 action: "view_room",
-                room_id: room.roomId,
-            });
-            return;
-        }
-
-        let suggestedRooms = SpaceStore.instance.suggestedRooms;
-        if (SpaceStore.instance.activeSpace !== this.props.space) {
-            // the space store has the suggested rooms loaded for a different space, fetch the right ones
-            suggestedRooms = (await SpaceStore.instance.fetchSuggestedRooms(this.props.space, 1));
-        }
-
-        if (suggestedRooms.length) {
-            const room = suggestedRooms[0];
-            defaultDispatcher.dispatch({
-                action: "view_room",
-                room_id: room.room_id,
-                room_alias: room.canonical_alias || room.aliases?.[0],
-                via_servers: room.viaServers,
-                oobData: {
-                    avatarUrl: room.avatar_url,
-                    name: room.name || room.canonical_alias || room.aliases?.[0] || _t("Empty room"),
-                },
+                room_id: this.state.firstRoomId,
             });
             return;
         }
@@ -902,14 +881,14 @@ export default class SpaceRoomView extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                         _t("Let's create a room for each of them.") + "\n" +
                         _t("You can add more later too, including already existing ones.")
                     }
-                    onFinished={(createdRooms: boolean) => this.setState({ phase: Phase.PublicShare, createdRooms })}
+                    onFinished={(firstRoomId: string) => this.setState({ phase: Phase.PublicShare, firstRoomId })}
                 />;
             case Phase.PublicShare:
                 return <SpaceSetupPublicShare
                     justCreatedOpts={this.props.justCreatedOpts}
                     space={this.props.space}
                     onFinished={this.goToFirstRoom}
-                    createdRooms={this.state.createdRooms}
+                    firstRoomId={this.state.firstRoomId}
                 />;
 
             case Phase.PrivateScope:
@@ -931,7 +910,7 @@ export default class SpaceRoomView extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
                     title={_t("What projects are you working on?")}
                     description={_t("We'll create rooms for each of them. " +
                         "You can add more later too, including already existing ones.")}
-                    onFinished={(createdRooms: boolean) => this.setState({ phase: Phase.Landing, createdRooms })}
+                    onFinished={(firstRoomId: string) => this.setState({ phase: Phase.Landing, firstRoomId })}
                 />;
             case Phase.PrivateExistingRooms:
                 return <SpaceAddExistingRooms