Merge branch 'develop' into babolivier/context_filters

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py

index 86bbcc0eea..711d4ad304 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/room.py
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ class RoomMembershipRestServlet(TransactionRestServlet):
             target = UserID.from_string(content["user_id"])
 
         event_content = None
-        if "reason" in content and membership_action in ["kick", "ban"]:
+        if "reason" in content:
             event_content = {"reason": content["reason"]}
 
         await self.room_member_handler.update_membership(