diff --git a/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py b/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
index c5267b4b84..cd33a86599 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/initial_sync.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from synapse.types import (
from synapse.util import unwrapFirstError
from synapse.util.async import concurrently_execute
from synapse.util.caches.snapshot_cache import SnapshotCache
-from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, preserve_fn
+from synapse.util.logcontext import make_deferred_yieldable, run_in_background
from synapse.visibility import filter_events_for_client
from ._base import BaseHandler
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ class InitialSyncHandler(BaseHandler):
(messages, token), current_state = yield make_deferred_yieldable(
defer.gatherResults(
[
- preserve_fn(self.store.get_recent_events_for_room)(
+ run_in_background(
+ self.store.get_recent_events_for_room,
event.room_id,
limit=limit,
end_token=room_end_token,
@@ -391,9 +392,10 @@ class InitialSyncHandler(BaseHandler):
presence, receipts, (messages, token) = yield defer.gatherResults(
[
- preserve_fn(get_presence)(),
- preserve_fn(get_receipts)(),
- preserve_fn(self.store.get_recent_events_for_room)(
+ run_in_background(get_presence),
+ run_in_background(get_receipts),
+ run_in_background(
+ self.store.get_recent_events_for_room,
room_id,
limit=limit,
end_token=now_token.room_key,
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