diff --git a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py

index 5c5a73b73c..6996d6b695 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
 
         # fire off a processing loop in the background
         run_as_background_process(
-            "process_transaction_queue",
+            "process_event_queue_for_federation",
             self._process_event_queue_loop,
         )
 
@@ -434,14 +434,11 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
 
         logger.debug("TX [%s] Starting transaction loop", destination)
 
-        # Drop the logcontext before starting the transaction. It doesn't
-        # really make sense to log all the outbound transactions against
-        # whatever path led us to this point: that's pretty arbitrary really.
-        #
-        # (this also means we can fire off _perform_transaction without
-        # yielding)
-        with logcontext.PreserveLoggingContext():
-            self._transaction_transmission_loop(destination)
+        run_as_background_process(
+            "federation_transaction_transmission_loop",
+            self._transaction_transmission_loop,
+            destination,
+        )
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
     def _transaction_transmission_loop(self, destination):