diff --git a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
index 5aaff5627..332ac6205 100644
--- a/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
+++ b/syncapi/consumers/roomserver.go
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ func (s *OutputRoomEventConsumer) updateStateEvent(event gomatrixserverlib.Event
 	}
 
 	prevEvent, err := s.db.GetStateEvent(
-		context.TODO(), event.Type(), event.RoomID(), stateKey,
+		context.TODO(), event.RoomID(), event.Type(), stateKey,
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return event, err
diff --git a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go
index a490188b8..58fdfc7db 100644
--- a/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go
+++ b/syncapi/storage/sqlite3/output_room_events_table.go
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ func (s *outputRoomEventsStatements) selectStateInRange(
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
+	defer rows.Close() // nolint: errcheck
 	// Fetch all the state change events for all rooms between the two positions then loop each event and:
 	//  - Keep a cache of the event by ID (99% of state change events are for the event itself)
 	//  - For each room ID, build up an array of event IDs which represents cumulative adds/removes