diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
index 404f28b9c..b6ab9bd50 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -216,10 +216,12 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) notifyJoinedPeeks(ctx context.Context, ev *gom
 		}
 
 		// cancel any peeks for it
-		sp, err = s.db.DeletePeeks(ctx, ev.RoomID(), *ev.StateKey())
-		// XXX: should we do anything with this new streampos?
-		if err != nil {
-			return sp, fmt.Errorf("s.db.DeletePeeks: %w", err)
+		peekSP, peekErr := s.db.DeletePeeks(ctx, ev.RoomID(), *ev.StateKey())
+		if peekErr != nil {
+			return sp, fmt.Errorf("s.db.DeletePeeks: %w", peekErr)
+		}
+		if peekSP > 0 {
+			sp = peekSP
 		}
 	}
 	return sp, nil
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
index 38362cc35..bb91309cb 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/shared/syncserver.go
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ func (d *Database) DeletePeeks(
 		return err
 	})
 	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
+		sp = 0
 		err = nil
 	}
 	return
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/peeks_table.go b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/peeks_table.go
index add1b4ff3..409b03019 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/peeks_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/peeks_table.go
@@ -129,13 +129,23 @@ func (s *peekStatements) DeletePeek(
 
 func (s *peekStatements) DeletePeeks(
 	ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, roomID, userID string,
-) (streamPos types.StreamPosition, err error) {
-	streamPos, err = s.streamIDStatements.nextStreamID(ctx, txn)
+) (types.StreamPosition, error) {
+	streamPos, err := s.streamIDStatements.nextStreamID(ctx, txn)
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return 0, err
 	}
-	_, err = sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.deletePeeksStmt).ExecContext(ctx, streamPos, roomID, userID)
-	return
+	result, err := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.deletePeeksStmt).ExecContext(ctx, streamPos, roomID, userID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	numAffected, err := result.RowsAffected()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	if numAffected == 0 {
+		return 0, sql.ErrNoRows
+	}
+	return streamPos, nil
 }
 
 func (s *peekStatements) SelectPeeksInRange(