diff --git a/userapi/storage/accounts/postgres/storage.go b/userapi/storage/accounts/postgres/storage.go
index 24b60ac14..d31efd257 100644
--- a/userapi/storage/accounts/postgres/storage.go
+++ b/userapi/storage/accounts/postgres/storage.go
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ func (d *Database) SetPassword(
 // for this account. If no password is supplied, the account will be a passwordless account. If the
 // account already exists, it will return nil, sqlutil.ErrUserExists.
 func (d *Database) CreateAccount(
-	ctx context.Context, localpart string, plaintextPassword string, appserviceID string, accountType api.AccountType,
+	ctx context.Context, localpart, plaintextPassword, appserviceID string, accountType api.AccountType,
 ) (acc *api.Account, err error) {
 	err = sqlutil.WithTransaction(d.db, func(txn *sql.Tx) error {
 		// For guest accounts, we create a new numeric local part
diff --git a/userapi/storage/accounts/sqlite3/storage.go b/userapi/storage/accounts/sqlite3/storage.go
index 321b4ed51..0bab16ca3 100644
--- a/userapi/storage/accounts/sqlite3/storage.go
+++ b/userapi/storage/accounts/sqlite3/storage.go
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func (d *Database) SetPassword(
 // for this account. If no password is supplied, the account will be a passwordless account. If the
 // account already exists, it will return nil, ErrUserExists.
 func (d *Database) CreateAccount(
-	ctx context.Context, localpart string, plaintextPassword string, appserviceID string, accountType api.AccountType,
+	ctx context.Context, localpart, plaintextPassword, appserviceID string, accountType api.AccountType,
 ) (acc *api.Account, err error) {
 	// Create one account at a time else we can get 'database is locked'.
 	d.profilesMu.Lock()