diff --git a/syncapi/storage/postgres/current_room_state_table.go b/syncapi/storage/postgres/current_room_state_table.go
index 4c443e2f8..5b28f70d0 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/postgres/current_room_state_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/postgres/current_room_state_table.go
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ func (s *currentRoomStateStatements) selectStateEvent(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var ev gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(res, &ev); err != nil {
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(res, &ev); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &ev, err
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/current_room_state_table.go b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/current_room_state_table.go
index 59782a6a4..517a99adf 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/current_room_state_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/current_room_state_table.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (s *currentRoomStateStatements) selectStateEvent(
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	var ev gomatrixserverlib.HeaderedEvent
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(res, &ev); err != nil {
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(res, &ev); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return &ev, err