diff --git a/src/stores/ReactionStore.js b/src/stores/ReactionStore.js
index dad6708e0762..bcbca72ac53d 100644
--- a/src/stores/ReactionStore.js
+++ b/src/stores/ReactionStore.js
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ class ReactionStore extends DataStore {
   }
 
   create(data, cache) {
-    data.emoji.id = data.emoji.id || decodeURIComponent(data.emoji.name);
-    return super.create(data, cache, { id: data.emoji.id, extras: [this.message] });
+    return super.create(data, cache, { id: data.emoji.id || data.emoji.name, extras: [this.message] });
   }
 
   /**