1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/message.py b/synapse/handlers/message.py
index a39b852ceb..abc07ea87c 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/message.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/message.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from synapse.events.utils import serialize_event
 from synapse.events.validator import EventValidator
 from synapse.replication.http.send_event import send_event_to_master
 from synapse.types import RoomAlias, RoomStreamToken, UserID
-from synapse.util.async import Limiter, ReadWriteLock
+from synapse.util.async import Linearizer, ReadWriteLock
 from synapse.util.frozenutils import frozendict_json_encoder
 from synapse.util.logcontext import run_in_background
 from synapse.util.metrics import measure_func
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ class EventCreationHandler(object):
 
         # We arbitrarily limit concurrent event creation for a room to 5.
         # This is to stop us from diverging history *too* much.
-        self.limiter = Limiter(max_count=5)
+        self.limiter = Linearizer(max_count=5, name="room_event_creation_limit")
 
         self.action_generator = hs.get_action_generator()