1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/presence.py b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
index b7bc787636..cf08737d11 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/presence.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ class WorkerPresenceHandler(BasePresenceHandler):
             return _NullContextManager()
 
         prev_state = await self.current_state_for_user(user_id)
-        if prev_state != PresenceState.BUSY:
+        if prev_state.state != PresenceState.BUSY:
             # We set state here but pass ignore_status_msg = True as we don't want to
             # cause the status message to be cleared.
             # Note that this causes last_active_ts to be incremented which is not