diff --git a/native/redux/update-roles-and-permissions.js b/native/redux/update-roles-and-permissions.js
index 0df694eaf..6599a8a13 100644
--- a/native/redux/update-roles-and-permissions.js
+++ b/native/redux/update-roles-and-permissions.js
@@ -1,158 +1,162 @@
 // @flow
 
 import {
   getAllThreadPermissions,
   getRolePermissionBlobs,
   makePermissionsBlob,
   makePermissionsForChildrenBlob,
 } from 'lib/permissions/thread-permissions.js';
 import type {
   RawThreadInfo,
   ThreadPermissionsBlob,
   ThreadStoreThreadInfos,
   MemberInfo,
 } from 'lib/types/thread-types.js';
 import { values } from 'lib/utils/objects.js';
 
 type ThreadTraversalNode = {
   +threadID: string,
   +children: ?$ReadOnlyArray<ThreadTraversalNode>,
 };
 
 function constructThreadTraversalNodes(
   threadStoreInfos: ThreadStoreThreadInfos,
 ): $ReadOnlyArray<$ReadOnly<ThreadTraversalNode>> {
   const parentThreadMap = {};
 
   for (const threadInfo of values(threadStoreInfos)) {
     const parentThreadID = threadInfo.parentThreadID ?? 'root';
     parentThreadMap[parentThreadID] = [
       ...(parentThreadMap[parentThreadID] ?? []),
       threadInfo.id,
     ];
   }
 
   const constructNodes = nodeID => ({
     threadID: nodeID,
     children: parentThreadMap[nodeID]?.map(constructNodes) ?? null,
   });
 
+  if (!parentThreadMap['root']) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   return parentThreadMap['root'].map(constructNodes);
 }
 
 type MemberToThreadPermissionsFromParent = {
   +[member: string]: ?ThreadPermissionsBlob,
 };
 
 function updateRolesAndPermissions(
   threadStoreInfos: ThreadStoreThreadInfos,
 ): ThreadStoreThreadInfos {
   const updatedThreadStoreInfos = { ...threadStoreInfos };
 
   const recursivelyUpdateRoles = (node: $ReadOnly<ThreadTraversalNode>) => {
     const threadInfo: RawThreadInfo = updatedThreadStoreInfos[node.threadID];
     const computedRolePermissionBlobs = getRolePermissionBlobs(threadInfo.type);
 
     const roles = { ...threadInfo.roles };
     for (const roleID of Object.keys(roles)) {
       roles[roleID] = {
         ...roles[roleID],
         permissions: computedRolePermissionBlobs[roles[roleID].name],
       };
     }
     updatedThreadStoreInfos[node.threadID] = {
       ...threadInfo,
       roles,
     };
 
     return node.children?.map(recursivelyUpdateRoles);
   };
 
   const recursivelyUpdatePermissions = (
     node: $ReadOnly<ThreadTraversalNode>,
     memberToThreadPermissionsFromParent: ?MemberToThreadPermissionsFromParent,
   ) => {
     const threadInfo: RawThreadInfo = updatedThreadStoreInfos[node.threadID];
 
     const updatedMembers = [];
     const memberToThreadPermissionsForChildren = {};
     for (const member: MemberInfo of threadInfo.members) {
       const { id, role } = member;
 
       const rolePermissions = role ? threadInfo.roles[role].permissions : null;
       const permissionsFromParent = memberToThreadPermissionsFromParent?.[id];
 
       const computedPermissions = makePermissionsBlob(
         rolePermissions,
         permissionsFromParent,
         threadInfo.id,
         threadInfo.type,
       );
 
       updatedMembers.push({
         ...member,
         permissions: getAllThreadPermissions(
           computedPermissions,
           threadInfo.id,
         ),
       });
 
       memberToThreadPermissionsForChildren[member.id] =
         makePermissionsForChildrenBlob(computedPermissions);
     }
 
     updatedThreadStoreInfos[node.threadID] = {
       ...threadInfo,
       members: updatedMembers,
     };
 
     return node.children?.map(child =>
       recursivelyUpdatePermissions(child, memberToThreadPermissionsForChildren),
     );
   };
 
   const recursivelyUpdateCurrentMemberPermissions = (
     node: $ReadOnly<ThreadTraversalNode>,
     permissionsFromParent: ?ThreadPermissionsBlob,
   ) => {
     const threadInfo: RawThreadInfo = updatedThreadStoreInfos[node.threadID];
     const { currentUser, roles } = threadInfo;
     const { role } = currentUser;
 
     const rolePermissions = role ? roles[role].permissions : null;
     const computedPermissions = makePermissionsBlob(
       rolePermissions,
       permissionsFromParent,
       threadInfo.id,
       threadInfo.type,
     );
 
     updatedThreadStoreInfos[node.threadID] = {
       ...threadInfo,
       currentUser: {
         ...currentUser,
         permissions: getAllThreadPermissions(
           computedPermissions,
           threadInfo.id,
         ),
       },
     };
 
     return node.children?.map(child =>
       recursivelyUpdateCurrentMemberPermissions(
         child,
         makePermissionsForChildrenBlob(computedPermissions),
       ),
     );
   };
 
   const rootNodes = constructThreadTraversalNodes(updatedThreadStoreInfos);
   rootNodes.forEach(recursivelyUpdateRoles);
   rootNodes.forEach(node => recursivelyUpdatePermissions(node, null));
   rootNodes.forEach(node =>
     recursivelyUpdateCurrentMemberPermissions(node, null),
   );
   return updatedThreadStoreInfos;
 }
 
 export { updateRolesAndPermissions };