1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py b/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py
index c53d2a0d40..8449ef82f7 100644
--- a/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py
+++ b/synapse/metrics/background_process_metrics.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import logging
 import threading
 from asyncio import iscoroutine
 from functools import wraps
+from typing import Dict, Set
 
 import six
 
@@ -80,13 +81,13 @@ _background_process_db_sched_duration = Counter(
 # map from description to a counter, so that we can name our logcontexts
 # incrementally. (It actually duplicates _background_process_start_count, but
 # it's much simpler to do so than to try to combine them.)
-_background_process_counts = dict()  # type: dict[str, int]
+_background_process_counts = {}  # type: Dict[str, int]
 
 # map from description to the currently running background processes.
 #
 # it's kept as a dict of sets rather than a big set so that we can keep track
 # of process descriptions that no longer have any active processes.
-_background_processes = dict()  # type: dict[str, set[_BackgroundProcess]]
+_background_processes = {}  # type: Dict[str, Set[_BackgroundProcess]]
 
 # A lock that covers the above dicts
 _bg_metrics_lock = threading.Lock()