1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index 32c6677d47..2932880cc5 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
         self._get_event_counters = PerformanceCounters()
 
         self._get_event_cache = Cache("*getEvent*", keylen=3, lru=True,
-                                      max_entries=hs.config.event_cache_size)
+                                      max_entries=hs.get_event_cache_size())
 
         self._state_group_cache = DictionaryCache(
             "*stateGroupCache*", 2000 * CACHE_SIZE_FACTOR