1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index 0df1b46edc..5d86aa5cd4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
         self._get_event_cache = Cache("*getEvent*", keylen=3, lru=True,
                                       max_entries=hs.config.event_cache_size)
 
-        self._event_fetch_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._event_fetch_lock = threading.Condition()
         self._event_fetch_list = []
         self._event_fetch_ongoing = 0