diff --git a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go
index 5344a25a0..fc1247ace 100644
--- a/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go
+++ b/roomserver/storage/sqlite3/events_table.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func CreateEventsTable(db *sql.DB) error {
 	// check if the column exists
 	var cName string
 	migrationName := "roomserver: drop column reference_sha from roomserver_events"
-	err = db.QueryRowContext(context.Background(), `SELECT p.name FROM sqlite_master AS m JOIN pragma_table_info(m.name) AS p WHERE m.name = 'roomserver_eents' AND p.name = 'reference_sha256'`).Scan(&cName)
+	err = db.QueryRowContext(context.Background(), `SELECT p.name FROM sqlite_master AS m JOIN pragma_table_info(m.name) AS p WHERE m.name = 'roomserver_events' AND p.name = 'reference_sha256'`).Scan(&cName)
 	if err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, sql.ErrNoRows) { // migration was already executed, as the column was removed
 			if err = sqlutil.InsertMigration(context.Background(), db, migrationName); err != nil {