1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py

index 6ddafe5434..443e5f3315 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/room.py
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ class RoomWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
         self,
         start: int,
         limit: int,
-        order_by: RoomSortOrder,
+        order_by: str,
         reverse_order: bool,
         search_term: Optional[str],
     ) -> Tuple[List[Dict[str, Any]], int]: