diff --git a/synapse/notifier.py b/synapse/notifier.py
index 3260aa744..157925d10 100644
--- a/synapse/notifier.py
+++ b/synapse/notifier.py
@@ -167,7 +167,12 @@ class Notifier(object):
                 )
 
         def eb(failure):
-            logger.exception("Failed to notify listener", failure)
+            logger.error("Failed to notify listener",
+                exc_info=(
+                    failure.type,
+                    failure.value,
+                    failure.getTracebackObject())
+            )
 
         yield defer.DeferredList(
             [notify(l).addErrback(eb) for l in listeners]