diff --git a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_cache/room/events.rs b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_cache/room/events.rs
index 516432304a6..230d24fd47e 100644
--- a/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_cache/room/events.rs
+++ b/crates/matrix-sdk/src/event_cache/room/events.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl RoomEvents {
         let (events, duplicated_event_ids) =
             self.collect_valid_and_duplicated_events(events.into_iter());
 
-        if deduplicated_all_new_events(events.len(), duplicated_event_ids.len()) {
+        if has_zero_new_unique_events(events.len(), duplicated_event_ids.len()) {
             return false;
         }
 
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ impl RoomEvents {
         let (events, duplicated_event_ids) =
             self.collect_valid_and_duplicated_events(events.into_iter());
 
-        if deduplicated_all_new_events(events.len(), duplicated_event_ids.len()) {
+        if has_zero_new_unique_events(events.len(), duplicated_event_ids.len()) {
             return Ok(false);
         }
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ impl RoomEvents {
         let (events, duplicated_event_ids) =
             self.collect_valid_and_duplicated_events(events.into_iter());
 
-        if deduplicated_all_new_events(events.len(), duplicated_event_ids.len()) {
+        if has_zero_new_unique_events(events.len(), duplicated_event_ids.len()) {
             let pos = self.chunks.remove_gap_at(gap_identifier)?;
             return Ok((false, pos));
         }
@@ -326,8 +326,12 @@ impl RoomEvents {
 /// already seen, and possibly misplace them. And we should not be missing
 /// events either: the already-known events would have their own previous-batch
 /// token (it might already be consumed).
-fn deduplicated_all_new_events(num_new_unique: usize, num_duplicated: usize) -> bool {
-    num_new_unique > 0 && num_new_unique == num_duplicated
+#[inline]
+fn has_zero_new_unique_events(
+    number_of_new_events: usize,
+    number_of_duplicated_events: usize,
+) -> bool {
+    number_of_new_events > 0 && number_of_new_events == number_of_duplicated_events
 }
 
 // Private implementations, implementation specific.