1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
index f33c115844..c3b2d981ea 100644
--- a/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
+++ b/synapse/util/async_helpers.py
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ def timeout_deferred(
 
         try:
             deferred.cancel()
-        except:  # noqa: E722, if we throw any exception it'll break time outs
+        except Exception:  # if we throw any exception it'll break time outs
             logger.exception("Canceller failed during timeout")
 
         # the cancel() call should have set off a chain of errbacks which