diff --git a/clientapi/routing/keys.go b/clientapi/routing/keys.go
index 5c3681382..0c12b1117 100644
--- a/clientapi/routing/keys.go
+++ b/clientapi/routing/keys.go
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ func (r *queryKeysRequest) GetTimeout() time.Duration {
 	if r.Timeout == 0 {
 		return 10 * time.Second
 	}
-	return time.Duration(r.Timeout) * time.Millisecond
+	timeout := time.Duration(r.Timeout) * time.Millisecond
+	if timeout > time.Second*20 {
+		timeout = time.Second * 20
+	}
+	return timeout
 }
 
 func QueryKeys(req *http.Request, keyAPI api.ClientKeyAPI, device *userapi.Device) util.JSONResponse {
diff --git a/keyserver/internal/internal.go b/keyserver/internal/internal.go
index 49ef03054..ff0968b27 100644
--- a/keyserver/internal/internal.go
+++ b/keyserver/internal/internal.go
@@ -257,9 +257,6 @@ func (a *KeyInternalAPI) QueryKeys(ctx context.Context, req *api.QueryKeysReques
 	res.UserSigningKeys = make(map[string]gomatrixserverlib.CrossSigningKey)
 	res.Failures = make(map[string]interface{})
 
-	// get cross-signing keys from the database
-	a.crossSigningKeysFromDatabase(ctx, req, res)
-
 	// make a map from domain to device keys
 	domainToDeviceKeys := make(map[string]map[string][]string)
 	domainToCrossSigningKeys := make(map[string]map[string]struct{})
@@ -336,6 +333,10 @@ func (a *KeyInternalAPI) QueryKeys(ctx context.Context, req *api.QueryKeysReques
 		a.queryRemoteKeys(ctx, req.Timeout, res, domainToDeviceKeys, domainToCrossSigningKeys)
 	}
 
+	// Now that we've done the potentially expensive work of asking the federation,
+	// try filling the cross-signing keys from the database that we know about.
+	a.crossSigningKeysFromDatabase(ctx, req, res)
+
 	// Finally, append signatures that we know about
 	// TODO: This is horrible because we need to round-trip the signature from
 	// JSON, add the signatures and marshal it again, for some reason?
diff --git a/keyserver/storage/postgres/cross_signing_sigs_table.go b/keyserver/storage/postgres/cross_signing_sigs_table.go
index 8b2a865b9..4536b7d80 100644
--- a/keyserver/storage/postgres/cross_signing_sigs_table.go
+++ b/keyserver/storage/postgres/cross_signing_sigs_table.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS keyserver_cross_signing_sigs_idx ON keyserver_cross_s
 
 const selectCrossSigningSigsForTargetSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT origin_user_id, origin_key_id, signature FROM keyserver_cross_signing_sigs" +
-	" WHERE (origin_user_id = $1 OR origin_user_id = target_user_id) AND target_user_id = $2 AND target_key_id = $3"
+	" WHERE (origin_user_id = $1 OR origin_user_id = $2) AND target_user_id = $2 AND target_key_id = $3"
 
 const upsertCrossSigningSigsForTargetSQL = "" +
 	"INSERT INTO keyserver_cross_signing_sigs (origin_user_id, origin_key_id, target_user_id, target_key_id, signature)" +
diff --git a/keyserver/storage/sqlite3/cross_signing_sigs_table.go b/keyserver/storage/sqlite3/cross_signing_sigs_table.go
index ea431151e..7a153e8fb 100644
--- a/keyserver/storage/sqlite3/cross_signing_sigs_table.go
+++ b/keyserver/storage/sqlite3/cross_signing_sigs_table.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS keyserver_cross_signing_sigs_idx ON keyserver_cross_s
 
 const selectCrossSigningSigsForTargetSQL = "" +
 	"SELECT origin_user_id, origin_key_id, signature FROM keyserver_cross_signing_sigs" +
-	" WHERE (origin_user_id = $1 OR origin_user_id = target_user_id) AND target_user_id = $2 AND target_key_id = $3"
+	" WHERE (origin_user_id = $1 OR origin_user_id = $2) AND target_user_id = $3 AND target_key_id = $4"
 
 const upsertCrossSigningSigsForTargetSQL = "" +
 	"INSERT OR REPLACE INTO keyserver_cross_signing_sigs (origin_user_id, origin_key_id, target_user_id, target_key_id, signature)" +
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ func NewSqliteCrossSigningSigsTable(db *sql.DB) (tables.CrossSigningSigs, error)
 func (s *crossSigningSigsStatements) SelectCrossSigningSigsForTarget(
 	ctx context.Context, txn *sql.Tx, originUserID, targetUserID string, targetKeyID gomatrixserverlib.KeyID,
 ) (r types.CrossSigningSigMap, err error) {
-	rows, err := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.selectCrossSigningSigsForTargetStmt).QueryContext(ctx, originUserID, targetUserID, targetKeyID)
+	rows, err := sqlutil.TxStmt(txn, s.selectCrossSigningSigsForTargetStmt).QueryContext(ctx, originUserID, targetUserID, targetUserID, targetKeyID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}