1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/relations.py b/synapse/rest/client/relations.py
index 0b0711c03c..d695c18be2 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/relations.py
@@ -232,12 +232,12 @@ class RelationPaginationServlet(RestServlet):
         # Similarly, we don't allow relations to be applied to relations, so we
         # return the original relations without any aggregations on top of them
         # here.
-        events = await self._event_serializer.serialize_events(
+        serialized_events = await self._event_serializer.serialize_events(
             events, now, bundle_aggregations=False
         )
 
         return_value = pagination_chunk.to_dict()
-        return_value["chunk"] = events
+        return_value["chunk"] = serialized_events
         return_value["original_event"] = original_event
 
         return 200, return_value
@@ -416,10 +416,10 @@ class RelationAggregationGroupPaginationServlet(RestServlet):
         )
 
         now = self.clock.time_msec()
-        events = await self._event_serializer.serialize_events(events, now)
+        serialized_events = await self._event_serializer.serialize_events(events, now)
 
         return_value = result.to_dict()
-        return_value["chunk"] = events
+        return_value["chunk"] = serialized_events
 
         return 200, return_value