diff --git a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
index ac9b96ab44..7c54ce0b2e 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/databases/main/relations.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ class RelationsWorkerStore(SQLBaseStore):
if isinstance(txn.database_engine, PostgresEngine):
txn.execute_values(sql % ("?",), rows, fetch=False)
else:
- txn.execute_batch(sql % ("?, ?, ?, ?, ?",), rows)
+ txn.execute_batch(sql % ("(?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",), rows)
# Mark the progress.
self.db_pool.updates._background_update_progress_txn(
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