1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
index f603c8a368..94d7423d01 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transaction_queue.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self, hs):
+        self.hs = hs
         self.server_name = hs.hostname
 
         self.store = hs.get_datastore()
@@ -308,6 +309,9 @@ class TransactionQueue(object):
         Args:
             states (list(UserPresenceState))
         """
+        if not self.hs.config.use_presence:
+            # No-op if presence is disabled.
+            return
 
         # First we queue up the new presence by user ID, so multiple presence
         # updates in quick successtion are correctly handled