diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
index 4436b2d9bf7..60288fb2f56 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/EventListSummary.tsx
@@ -507,39 +507,36 @@ export default class EventListSummary extends React.Component<IProps> {
         eventsToRender.forEach((e, index) => {
             const type = e.getType();
 
-            let userId = e.getSender();
-            if (type === EventType.RoomMember) {
-                userId = e.getStateKey();
+            let userKey = e.getSender()!;
+            if (type === EventType.RoomThirdPartyInvite) {
+                userKey = e.getContent().display_name;
+            } else if (type === EventType.RoomMember) {
+                userKey = e.getStateKey();
             } else if (e.isRedacted()) {
-                userId = e.getUnsigned()?.redacted_because?.sender;
+                userKey = e.getUnsigned()?.redacted_because?.sender;
             }
 
             // Initialise a user's events
-            if (!userEvents[userId]) {
-                userEvents[userId] = [];
+            if (!userEvents[userKey]) {
+                userEvents[userKey] = [];
             }
 
-            let displayName = userId;
-            if (type === EventType.RoomThirdPartyInvite) {
-                displayName = e.getContent().display_name;
-                if (e.sender) {
-                    latestUserAvatarMember.set(userId, e.sender);
-                }
-            } else if (e.isRedacted()) {
-                const sender = this.context?.room.getMember(userId);
+            let displayName = userKey;
+            if (e.isRedacted()) {
+                const sender = this.context?.room?.getMember(userKey);
                 if (sender) {
                     displayName = sender.name;
-                    latestUserAvatarMember.set(userId, sender);
+                    latestUserAvatarMember.set(userKey, sender);
                 }
             } else if (e.target && TARGET_AS_DISPLAY_NAME_EVENTS.includes(type as EventType)) {
                 displayName = e.target.name;
-                latestUserAvatarMember.set(userId, e.target);
-            } else if (e.sender) {
+                latestUserAvatarMember.set(userKey, e.target);
+            } else if (e.sender && type !== EventType.RoomThirdPartyInvite) {
                 displayName = e.sender.name;
-                latestUserAvatarMember.set(userId, e.sender);
+                latestUserAvatarMember.set(userKey, e.sender);
             }
 
-            userEvents[userId].push({
+            userEvents[userKey].push({
                 mxEvent: e,
                 displayName,
                 index: index,
diff --git a/test/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx b/test/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx
index ebf799e3f22..6f8c5fd7c8f 100644
--- a/test/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx
+++ b/test/components/views/elements/EventListSummary-test.tsx
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { MatrixEvent, RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 
 import {
     getMockClientWithEventEmitter,
+    mkEvent,
     mkMembership,
     mockClientMethodsUser,
     unmockClientPeg,
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ describe("EventListSummary", function () {
     // is created by replacing the first "$" in userIdTemplate with `i` for
     // `i = 0 .. n`.
     const generateEventsForUsers = (userIdTemplate, n, events) => {
-        let eventsForUsers = [];
+        let eventsForUsers: MatrixEvent[] = [];
         let userId = "";
         for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) {
             userId = userIdTemplate.replace("$", i);
@@ -656,4 +657,56 @@ describe("EventListSummary", function () {
 
         expect(summaryText).toBe("user_0, user_1 and 18 others joined");
     });
+
+    it("should not blindly group 3pid invites and treat them as distinct users instead", () => {
+        const events = [
+            mkEvent({
+                event: true,
+                skey: "randomstring1",
+                user: "@user1:server",
+                type: "m.room.third_party_invite",
+                content: {
+                    display_name: "n...@d...",
+                    key_validity_url: "https://blah",
+                    public_key: "public_key",
+                },
+            }),
+            mkEvent({
+                event: true,
+                skey: "randomstring2",
+                user: "@user1:server",
+                type: "m.room.third_party_invite",
+                content: {
+                    display_name: "n...@d...",
+                    key_validity_url: "https://blah",
+                    public_key: "public_key",
+                },
+            }),
+            mkEvent({
+                event: true,
+                skey: "randomstring3",
+                user: "@user1:server",
+                type: "m.room.third_party_invite",
+                content: {
+                    display_name: "d...@w...",
+                    key_validity_url: "https://blah",
+                    public_key: "public_key",
+                },
+            }),
+        ];
+
+        const props = {
+            events: events,
+            children: generateTiles(events),
+            summaryLength: 2,
+            avatarsMaxLength: 5,
+            threshold: 3,
+        };
+
+        const wrapper = renderComponent(props);
+        const summary = wrapper.find(".mx_GenericEventListSummary_summary");
+        const summaryText = summary.text();
+
+        expect(summaryText).toBe("n...@d... was invited 2 times, d...@w... was invited");
+    });
 });