diff --git a/src/components/views/avatars/RoomAvatarView.tsx b/src/components/views/avatars/RoomAvatarView.tsx
index f75b214063..408690fa1d 100644
--- a/src/components/views/avatars/RoomAvatarView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/avatars/RoomAvatarView.tsx
@@ -55,17 +55,10 @@ export function RoomAvatarView({ room }: RoomAvatarViewProps): JSX.Element {
     );
 }
 
-type PresenceDecorationProps = {
-    /**
-     * The presence of the user in the DM room.
-     */
-    presence: NonNullable<Presence>;
-};
-
 /**
- * Component to display the presence of a user in a DM room.
+ * Get the decoration for the avatar based on the presence.
  */
-function PresenceDecoration({ presence }: PresenceDecorationProps): JSX.Element {
+function getPresenceDecoration(presence: Presence): JSX.Element {
     switch (presence) {
         case Presence.Online:
             return (
@@ -142,7 +135,7 @@ function getAvatarDecoration(decoration: AvatarBadgeDecoration, presence: Presen
             />
         );
     } else if (decoration === AvatarBadgeDecoration.Presence) {
-        return <PresenceDecoration presence={presence!} />;
+        return getPresenceDecoration(presence!);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/views/avatars/__snapshots__/RoomAvatarView-test.tsx.snap b/test/unit-tests/components/views/avatars/__snapshots__/RoomAvatarView-test.tsx.snap
index 2acfaf1f00..a1b74d4654 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/components/views/avatars/__snapshots__/RoomAvatarView-test.tsx.snap
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/views/avatars/__snapshots__/RoomAvatarView-test.tsx.snap
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ exports[`<RoomAvatarView /> should render the AWAY presence 1`] = `
     </span>
     <svg
       aria-label="Away"
+      aria-labelledby="«r14»"
       class="mx_RoomAvatarView_PresenceDecoration"
       color="var(--cpd-color-icon-quaternary)"
       fill="currentColor"
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ exports[`<RoomAvatarView /> should render the BUSY presence 1`] = `
     </span>
     <svg
       aria-label="Busy"
+      aria-labelledby="«ru»"
       class="mx_RoomAvatarView_PresenceDecoration"
       color="var(--cpd-color-icon-tertiary)"
       fill="currentColor"
@@ -291,6 +293,7 @@ exports[`<RoomAvatarView /> should render the OFFLINE presence 1`] = `
     </span>
     <svg
       aria-label="Offline"
+      aria-labelledby="«ro»"
       class="mx_RoomAvatarView_PresenceDecoration"
       color="var(--cpd-color-icon-tertiary)"
       fill="currentColor"
@@ -348,6 +351,7 @@ exports[`<RoomAvatarView /> should render the ONLINE presence 1`] = `
     </span>
     <svg
       aria-label="Online"
+      aria-labelledby="«ri»"
       class="mx_RoomAvatarView_PresenceDecoration"
       color="var(--cpd-color-icon-accent-primary)"
       fill="currentColor"