diff --git a/synapse/storage/_base.py b/synapse/storage/_base.py
index f13b8f4fa..29fc334f4 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/_base.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/_base.py
@@ -595,7 +595,6 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
         finally:
             start_time = update_counter("event_cache", start_time)
 
-
         sql = (
             "SELECT e.internal_metadata, e.json, r.event_id, rej.reason "
             "FROM event_json as e "
@@ -605,7 +604,6 @@ class SQLBaseStore(object):
             "LIMIT 1 "
         )
 
-
         txn.execute(sql, (event_id,))
 
         res = txn.fetchone()