diff --git a/matrixConsole/ViewController/RecentsViewController.m b/matrixConsole/ViewController/RecentsViewController.m
index 2b5d7b51e..8c67c1730 100644
--- a/matrixConsole/ViewController/RecentsViewController.m
+++ b/matrixConsole/ViewController/RecentsViewController.m
@@ -117,9 +117,6 @@
     // Refresh display
     [self configureView];
     [[MatrixHandler sharedHandler] addObserver:self forKeyPath:@"isResumeDone" options:0 context:nil];
-    // Add observer to force refresh when a recent last description is updated thanks to back pagination
-    // (This happens when the current last event description is blank, a back pagination is triggered to display non empty description)
-    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(configureView) name:kRecentRoomUpdatedByBackPagination object:nil];
 }
 
 - (void)viewWillDisappear:(BOOL)animated {
@@ -136,7 +133,6 @@
     
     _preSelectedRoomId = nil;
     [[MatrixHandler sharedHandler] removeObserver:self forKeyPath:@"isResumeDone"];
-    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:kRecentRoomUpdatedByBackPagination object:nil];
 }
 
 - (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated {
@@ -228,6 +224,7 @@
     MatrixHandler *mxHandler = [MatrixHandler sharedHandler];
     
     [self startActivityIndicator];
+    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] removeObserver:self name:kRecentRoomUpdatedByBackPagination object:nil];
     
     if (mxHandler.mxSession) {
         // Check matrix handler status
@@ -334,7 +331,11 @@
         [self.tableView reloadData];
     }
     
-    if (!recents) {
+    if (recents) {
+        // Add observer to force refresh when a recent last description is updated thanks to back pagination
+        // (This happens when the current last event description is blank, a back pagination is triggered to display non empty description)
+        [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(onRecentRoomUpdatedByBackPagination) name:kRecentRoomUpdatedByBackPagination object:nil];
+    } else {
         // Remove potential listener
         if (recentsListener && mxHandler.mxSession) {
             [mxHandler.mxSession removeListener:recentsListener];
@@ -345,6 +346,10 @@
     [self updateTitleView];
 }
 
+- (void)onRecentRoomUpdatedByBackPagination {
+    [self.tableView reloadData];
+}
+
 - (void)updateTitleView {
     NSString *title = @"Recents";
     if (unreadCount) {