1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/pusher.py b/synapse/storage/pusher.py
index 3e0e834a62..b12e80440a 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/pusher.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/pusher.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class PusherStore(PusherWorkerStore):
                     "device_display_name": device_display_name,
                     "ts": pushkey_ts,
                     "lang": lang,
-                    "data": encode_canonical_json(data),
+                    "data": bytearray(encode_canonical_json(data)),
                     "last_stream_ordering": last_stream_ordering,
                     "profile_tag": profile_tag,
                     "id": stream_id,