diff --git a/changelog.d/6072.misc b/changelog.d/6072.misc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91cf1647140c36e7ca6ba07171778351885422d2
--- /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 7dc696c7ae559ca102558ca8d32d40ef3ebaaf91..7f8a16e355ba242c43d3b7c206be965246352e10 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)