diff --git a/clientapi/routing/state.go b/clientapi/routing/state.go
index 088e412c6..d25ee8237 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/state.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/state.go
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ func OnIncomingStateTypeRequest(
 		}
 		// If the user has never been in the room then stop at this point.
 		// We won't tell the user about a room they have never joined.
-		if !membershipRes.HasBeenInRoom {
+		if !membershipRes.HasBeenInRoom || membershipRes.Membership == gomatrixserverlib.Ban {
 			return util.JSONResponse{
 				Code: http.StatusForbidden,
 				JSON: jsonerror.Forbidden(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown room %q or user %q has never joined this room", roomID, device.UserID)),
diff --git a/sytest-whitelist b/sytest-whitelist
index 187a0f475..87904938c 100644
--- a/sytest-whitelist
+++ b/sytest-whitelist
@@ -596,4 +596,5 @@ Device list doesn't change if remote server is down
 /context/ on joined room works
 /context/ on non world readable room does not work
 /context/ returns correct number of events
-/context/ with lazy_load_members filter works
\ No newline at end of file
+/context/ with lazy_load_members filter works
+Remote banned user is kicked and may not rejoin until unbanned