diff --git a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor.kt b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor.kt
index b7dceafa25..b4d21b36be 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor.kt
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ class FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor {
      * Filters out day separators from [items] for days that don't contain any events.
      */
     fun process(items: List<MatrixTimelineItem>): List<MatrixTimelineItem> = buildList {
-        // The timeline is ordered by descending timestamp, so events that happened during a day appear before the day separator for that day.
-        // We can use this to determine if a day separator should be kept or not.
+        // The timeline is ordered by ascending timestamp, so events that happened during a day appear after the day separator for that day.
+        // We can use this to determine if a day separator should be kept or not by traversing the list in reverse.
         var hasEvent = false
-        for (item in items) {
+        for (item in items.asReversed()) {
             if (item is MatrixTimelineItem.Event) {
                 hasEvent = true
                 add(item)
@@ -35,4 +35,6 @@ class FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor {
             }
         }
     }
+        // Then reverse the result to restore the original order, minus the empty day separators.
+        .asReversed()
 }
diff --git a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessorTest.kt b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessorTest.kt
index 7a3a091f4e..67d7e3621d 100644
--- a/libraries/matrix/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessorTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/matrix/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/matrix/impl/timeline/postprocessor/FilterEmptyDayPostProcessorTest.kt
@@ -32,36 +32,36 @@ class FilterEmptyDayPostProcessorTest {
     @Test
     fun `filterEmptyDaySeparators keeps day separator with events after it`() {
         val items = listOf(
-            anEvent,
             aDaySeparator(TODAY),
+            anEvent,
         )
         val result = FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor().process(items)
         assertThat(result).hasSize(2)
-        assertThat(result[0]).isEqualTo(anEvent)
-        assertThat(result[1]).isEqualTo(aDaySeparator(TODAY))
+        assertThat(result[0]).isEqualTo(aDaySeparator(TODAY))
+        assertThat(result[1]).isEqualTo(anEvent)
     }
 
     @Test
     fun `filterEmptyDaySeparators removes day separator with no events after it`() {
         val items = listOf(
-            aDaySeparator(TODAY),
             aDaySeparator(YESTERDAY),
+            aDaySeparator(TODAY),
         )
         val result = FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor().process(items)
         assertThat(result).isEmpty()
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `filterEmptyDaySeparators removes first day separator and keeps second when only second has events`() {
+    fun `filterEmptyDaySeparators removes second day separator and keeps first when only first has events`() {
         val items = listOf(
-            aDaySeparator(TODAY),
-            anEvent,
             aDaySeparator(YESTERDAY),
+            anEvent,
+            aDaySeparator(TODAY),
         )
         val result = FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor().process(items)
         assertThat(result).hasSize(2)
-        assertThat(result[0]).isEqualTo(anEvent)
-        assertThat(result[1]).isEqualTo(aDaySeparator(YESTERDAY))
+        assertThat(result[0]).isEqualTo(aDaySeparator(YESTERDAY))
+        assertThat(result[1]).isEqualTo(anEvent)
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -78,15 +78,15 @@ class FilterEmptyDayPostProcessorTest {
     @Test
     fun `filterEmptyDaySeparators keeps all items when no day separators`() {
         val items = listOf(
-            anEvent,
             anEvent.copy(uniqueId = UniqueId("event2")),
+            anEvent,
         )
         val result = FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor().process(items)
         assertThat(result).hasSize(2)
     }
 
     @Test
-    fun `filterEmptyDaySeparators removes day separator followed by non-event virtual item`() {
+    fun `filterEmptyDaySeparators removes day separator preceded by non-event virtual item`() {
         val readMarker = MatrixTimelineItem.Virtual(
             uniqueId = UniqueId("readMarker"),
             virtual = VirtualTimelineItem.ReadMarker
@@ -107,12 +107,12 @@ class FilterEmptyDayPostProcessorTest {
             virtual = VirtualTimelineItem.ReadMarker
         )
         val items = listOf(
-            anEvent,
-            readMarker,
             aDaySeparator(TODAY),
+            readMarker,
+            anEvent,
         )
         val result = FilterEmptyDayPostProcessor().process(items)
         assertThat(result).hasSize(3)
-        assertThat(result[2]).isEqualTo(aDaySeparator(TODAY))
+        assertThat(result[0]).isEqualTo(aDaySeparator(TODAY))
     }
 }