diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/message-bus.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/message-bus.js
index 2309ba066eb6d8..b7964f6a9f1554 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/message-bus.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/initializers/message-bus.js
@@ -56,11 +56,7 @@ export default {
     // When 20 minutes pass we stop long polling due to "shouldLongPollCallback".
     onPresenceChange({
       unseenTime: LONG_POLL_AFTER_UNSEEN_TIME,
-      callback: () => {
-        if (messageBus.onVisibilityChange) {
-          messageBus.onVisibilityChange();
-        }
-      },
+      callback: () => document.dispatchEvent(new Event("visibilitychange")),
     });
 
     if (siteSettings.login_required && !user) {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-presence.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-presence.js
index 081fff45534d93..92f17111e8fdeb 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-presence.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/lib/user-presence.js
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ export function seenUser() {
 }
 
 // register a callback for cases where presence changed
-export function onPresenceChange(maxUnseenTime, callback) {
-  if (maxUnseenTime < MIN_DELTA) {
+export function onPresenceChange({ unseenTime, callback }) {
+  if (unseenTime < MIN_DELTA) {
     throw "unseenTime is too short";
   }
-  callbacks.push({ unseenTime: maxUnseenTime, callback: callback });
+  callbacks.push({ unseenTime, callback });
 }
 
 // We could piggieback on the Scroll mixin, but it is not applied