diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody.tsx
index d9e70ff241f..cd1f06a788b 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/UnknownBody.tsx
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ interface IProps {
     children?: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
-export default forwardRef(({ mxEvent, children }: IProps, ref: React.RefObject<HTMLSpanElement>) => {
+export default forwardRef(({ mxEvent, children }: IProps, ref: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>) => {
     const text = mxEvent.getContent().body;
     return (
-        <span className="mx_UnknownBody" ref={ref}>
+        <div className="mx_UnknownBody" ref={ref}>
             { text }
             { children }
-        </span>
+        </div>
     );
 });