diff --git a/federationapi/storage/shared/storage_edus.go b/federationapi/storage/shared/storage_edus.go
index b62e5d9c5..ce9632ed3 100644
--- a/federationapi/storage/shared/storage_edus.go
+++ b/federationapi/storage/shared/storage_edus.go
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ func (d *Database) GetPendingEDUs(
 				return fmt.Errorf("json.Unmarshal: %w", err)
 			}
 			edus[&Receipt{nid}] = &event
+			d.Cache.StoreFederationQueuedEDU(nid, &event)
 		}
 
 		return nil
@@ -177,20 +178,18 @@ func (d *Database) GetPendingEDUServerNames(
 	return d.FederationQueueEDUs.SelectQueueEDUServerNames(ctx, nil)
 }
 
-// DeleteExpiredEDUs deletes expired EDUs
+// DeleteExpiredEDUs deletes expired EDUs and evicts them from the cache.
 func (d *Database) DeleteExpiredEDUs(ctx context.Context) error {
-	return d.Writer.Do(d.DB, nil, func(txn *sql.Tx) error {
+	var jsonNIDs []int64
+	err := d.Writer.Do(d.DB, nil, func(txn *sql.Tx) (err error) {
 		expiredBefore := gomatrixserverlib.AsTimestamp(time.Now())
-		jsonNIDs, err := d.FederationQueueEDUs.SelectExpiredEDUs(ctx, txn, expiredBefore)
+		jsonNIDs, err = d.FederationQueueEDUs.SelectExpiredEDUs(ctx, txn, expiredBefore)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if len(jsonNIDs) == 0 {
 			return nil
 		}
-		for i := range jsonNIDs {
-			d.Cache.EvictFederationQueuedEDU(jsonNIDs[i])
-		}
 
 		if err = d.FederationQueueJSON.DeleteQueueJSON(ctx, txn, jsonNIDs); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -198,4 +197,14 @@ func (d *Database) DeleteExpiredEDUs(ctx context.Context) error {
 
 		return d.FederationQueueEDUs.DeleteExpiredEDUs(ctx, txn, expiredBefore)
 	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	for i := range jsonNIDs {
+		d.Cache.EvictFederationQueuedEDU(jsonNIDs[i])
+	}
+
+	return nil
 }