diff --git a/changelog.d/6072.misc b/changelog.d/6072.misc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91cf16471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/6072.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add a 'failure_ts' column to the 'destinations' database table.
diff --git a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
index 7dc696c7a..7f8a16e35 100644
--- a/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
+++ b/synapse/federation/transport/server.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class Authenticator(object):
     async def _reset_retry_timings(self, origin):
         try:
             logger.info("Marking origin %r as up", origin)
-            await self.store.set_destination_retry_timings(origin, 0, 0)
+            await self.store.set_destination_retry_timings(origin, None, 0, 0)
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Error resetting retry timings on %s", origin)