diff --git a/changelog.d/7241.misc b/changelog.d/7241.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fac5bc040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/7241.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Convert some of synapse.rest.media to async/await.
diff --git a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py
index cf195f8aa..8aecd414c 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py
+++ b/synapse/storage/data_stores/main/media_repository.py
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ class MediaRepositoryStore(MediaRepositoryBackgroundUpdateStore):
             "get_url_cache_media_before", _get_url_cache_media_before_txn
         )
 
-    def delete_url_cache_media(self, media_ids):
+    async def delete_url_cache_media(self, media_ids):
         if len(media_ids) == 0:
             return
 
@@ -380,6 +380,6 @@ class MediaRepositoryStore(MediaRepositoryBackgroundUpdateStore):
 
             txn.executemany(sql, [(media_id,) for media_id in media_ids])
 
-        return self.db.runInteraction(
+        return await self.db.runInteraction(
             "delete_url_cache_media", _delete_url_cache_media_txn
         )