diff --git a/apps/web/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx b/apps/web/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
index 52831d1ee1c..3fd76c49a07 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu.tsx
@@ -60,8 +60,9 @@ export const createSpace = async (
     otherOpts: Partial<Omit<ICreateOpts, "createOpts">> = {},
 ): Promise<string | null> => {
     return createRoom(client, {
+        name,
+        topic,
         createOpts: {
-            name,
             preset: isPublic ? Preset.PublicChat : Preset.PrivateChat,
             visibility:
                 isPublic && (await client.doesServerSupportUnstableFeature("org.matrix.msc3827.stable"))
@@ -73,7 +74,6 @@ export const createSpace = async (
                 invite: isPublic ? 0 : 50,
             },
             room_alias_name: isPublic && alias ? alias.substring(1, alias.indexOf(":")) : undefined,
-            topic,
             ...createOpts,
         },
         avatar,
diff --git a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu-test.tsx b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu-test.tsx
index ad8c3ad86ee..1293fe690b8 100644
--- a/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu-test.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/test/unit-tests/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu-test.tsx
@@ -8,12 +8,19 @@ Please see LICENSE files in the repository root for full details.
 
 import React from "react";
 import { render, cleanup } from "jest-matrix-react";
-import { type MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
+import {
+    HistoryVisibility,
+    MatrixError,
+    type MatrixClient,
+    Preset,
+    RoomType,
+    Visibility,
+} from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import userEvent from "@testing-library/user-event";
-import { MatrixError } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/matrix";
 import { type MockedObject } from "jest-mock";
 
-import SpaceCreateMenu from "../../../../../src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu";
+import * as createRoomModule from "../../../../../src/createRoom";
+import SpaceCreateMenu, { createSpace } from "../../../../../src/components/views/spaces/SpaceCreateMenu";
 import {
     getMockClientWithEventEmitter,
     mockClientMethodsRooms,
@@ -118,4 +125,35 @@ describe("<SpaceCreateMenu />", () => {
             visibility: "private",
         });
     });
+
+    it("should pass name and topic at the top level when creating a space", async () => {
+        const createRoomSpy = jest.spyOn(createRoomModule, "default").mockResolvedValue("!room:id");
+        client.doesServerSupportUnstableFeature.mockResolvedValue(false);
+
+        await createSpace(client, "My Name", true, "#my-namefoobar:server", "A description");
+
+        expect(createRoomSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(client, {
+            name: "My Name",
+            topic: "A description",
+            createOpts: {
+                preset: Preset.PublicChat,
+                visibility: Visibility.Private,
+                power_level_content_override: {
+                    events_default: 100,
+                    invite: 0,
+                },
+                room_alias_name: "my-namefoobar",
+            },
+            avatar: undefined,
+            roomType: RoomType.Space,
+            historyVisibility: HistoryVisibility.WorldReadable,
+            spinner: false,
+            encryption: false,
+            andView: true,
+            inlineErrors: true,
+        });
+
+        expect(createRoomSpy.mock.calls[0][1]?.createOpts).not.toHaveProperty("name");
+        expect(createRoomSpy.mock.calls[0][1]?.createOpts).not.toHaveProperty("topic");
+    });
 });