1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
index 2d7cde7506..3fac256881 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation_event.py
@@ -2170,6 +2170,7 @@ class FederationEventHandler:
         if instance != self._instance_name:
             # Limit the number of events sent over replication. We choose 200
             # here as that is what we default to in `max_request_body_size(..)`
+            result = {}
             try:
                 for batch in batch_iter(event_and_contexts, 200):
                     result = await self._send_events(