diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomList.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomList.tsx
index 4e8d8bbda4..1306c04195 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomListPanel/RoomList.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import React, { useCallback, type JSX } from "react";
 import { AutoSizer, List, type ListRowProps } from "react-virtualized";
+import { logger } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/logger";
 
 import type { Room } from "../../../../../../matrix-js-sdk/src";
 import { type RoomListViewState } from "../../../viewmodels/roomlist/RoomListViewModel";
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@ export function RoomList({ vm: { rooms } }: RoomListProps): JSX.Element {
         [rooms],
     );
 
+    logger.error("RoomList", "Rendering room list with %s rooms", rooms.length);
+
     return (
         <AutoSizer>
             {({ height, width }) => (