diff --git a/synapse/_scripts/synapse_port_db.py b/synapse/_scripts/synapse_port_db.py
index ab2b29cf1b49..ef8590db652a 100755
--- a/synapse/_scripts/synapse_port_db.py
+++ b/synapse/_scripts/synapse_port_db.py
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@
     "user_directory_search_stat",
     "user_directory_search_pos",
     "users_who_share_private_rooms",
-    "users_in_public_room",
+    "users_in_public_rooms",
     # UI auth sessions have foreign keys so additional care needs to be taken,
     # the sessions are transient anyway, so ignore them.
     "ui_auth_sessions",