diff --git a/synapse/events/utils.py b/synapse/events/utils.py
index dda8c58e2f..611a6a9a0f 100644
--- a/synapse/events/utils.py
+++ b/synapse/events/utils.py
@@ -440,6 +440,11 @@ class FilteredEvent:
         )
         return cls(event=event, membership=None)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def admin_override(cls, event: "EventBase") -> "FilteredEvent":
+        """Wrap an event that bypasses visibility filtering due to admin privileges."""
+        return cls(event=event, membership=None)
+
 
 @attr.s(slots=True, frozen=True, auto_attribs=True)
 class SerializeEventConfig:
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/pagination.py b/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
index e424905c72..6d296dc29d 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/pagination.py
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ class PaginationHandler:
                 is_peeking=(member_event_id is None),
             )
         else:
-            client_events = [FilteredEvent(event=e, membership=None) for e in events]
+            client_events = [FilteredEvent.admin_override(e) for e in events]
 
         client_events_result: list[FilteredEvent] = client_events
 
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/room.py b/synapse/handlers/room.py
index 629e08f713..f7a144b91b 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/room.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/room.py
@@ -1918,7 +1918,7 @@ class RoomContextHandler:
 
         async def filter_evts(events: list[EventBase]) -> list[FilteredEvent]:
             if use_admin_priviledge:
-                return [FilteredEvent(event=e, membership=None) for e in events]
+                return [FilteredEvent.admin_override(e) for e in events]
             return await filter_and_transform_events_for_client(
                 self._storage_controllers,
                 user.to_string(),
diff --git a/synapse/rest/admin/events.py b/synapse/rest/admin/events.py
index 31673ca061..1c311b0471 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/admin/events.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/admin/events.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class EventRestServlet(RestServlet):
         )
         res = {
             "event": await self._event_serializer.serialize_event(
-                FilteredEvent(event=event, membership=None),
+                FilteredEvent.admin_override(event),
                 self._clock.time_msec(),
                 config=config,
             )