1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/events/__init__.py b/synapse/events/__init__.py
index 4252e5ab5c..bf07951027 100644
--- a/synapse/events/__init__.py
+++ b/synapse/events/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from synapse.util.frozenutils import freeze, unfreeze
 
 class _EventInternalMetadata(object):
     def __init__(self, internal_metadata_dict):
-        self.__dict__ = internal_metadata_dict
+        self.__dict__ = dict(internal_metadata_dict)
 
     def get_dict(self):
         return dict(self.__dict__)