1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index ad932bdd90..23502eda70 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from synapse.types import (
     UserID, RoomAlias, RoomStreamToken,
 )
 from synapse.util.async import run_on_reactor, ReadWriteLock, Limiter
-from synapse.util.logcontext import preserve_fn, run_in_background
+from synapse.util.logcontext import run_in_background
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
 from synapse.util.frozenutils import frozendict_json_encoder
 from synapse.util.stringutils import random_string
@@ -857,7 +857,8 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
 
         # this intentionally does not yield: we don't care about the result
         # and don't need to wait for it.
-        preserve_fn(self.pusher_pool.on_new_notifications)(
+        run_in_background(
+            self.pusher_pool.on_new_notifications,
             event_stream_id, max_stream_id
         )
 
@@ -872,7 +873,7 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
             except Exception:
                 logger.exception("Error notifying about new room event")
 
-        preserve_fn(_notify)()
+        run_in_background(_notify)
 
         if event.type == EventTypes.Message:
             # We don't want to block sending messages on any presence code. This