1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
index 758ffdf01d..f5f683bfd4 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -1887,9 +1887,6 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
             origin, event, state=state, auth_events=auth_events, backfilled=backfilled
         )
 
-        # reraise does not allow inlineCallbacks to preserve the stacktrace, so we
-        # hack around with a try/finally instead.
-        success = False
         try:
             if (
                 not event.internal_metadata.is_outlier()
@@ -1903,12 +1900,11 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
             await self.persist_events_and_notify(
                 [(event, context)], backfilled=backfilled
             )
-            success = True
-        finally:
-            if not success:
-                run_in_background(
-                    self.store.remove_push_actions_from_staging, event.event_id
-                )
+        except Exception:
+            run_in_background(
+                self.store.remove_push_actions_from_staging, event.event_id
+            )
+            raise
 
         return context