diff --git a/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js b/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js
index d9e0bfc29..cddc83e3f 100644
--- a/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js
+++ b/react/features/base/participants/middleware.js
@@ -277,9 +277,7 @@ StateListenerRegistry.register(
 function _e2eeUpdated({ dispatch }, conference, participantId, newValue) {
     const e2eeEnabled = newValue === 'true';
 
-    if (e2eeEnabled) {
-        dispatch(toggleE2EE(e2eeEnabled));
-    }
+    dispatch(toggleE2EE(e2eeEnabled));
 
     dispatch(participantUpdated({
         conference,