diff --git a/changelog.d/19145.misc b/changelog.d/19145.misc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1183361737d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/19145.misc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Minor speed up of processing of inbound replication.
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py
index ed7cff72b65..8cf7f4b805d 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/handler.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
     DeviceListsStream,
     ThreadSubscriptionsStream,
 )
-from synapse.util.bacckground_queue import BackgroundQueue
+from synapse.util.background_queue import BackgroundQueue
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from synapse.server import HomeServer
diff --git a/synapse/util/bacckground_queue.py b/synapse/util/background_queue.py
similarity index 100%
rename from synapse/util/bacckground_queue.py
rename to synapse/util/background_queue.py
diff --git a/tests/util/test_background_queue.py b/tests/util/test_background_queue.py
index d7eb4f4f02d..56fa121285c 100644
--- a/tests/util/test_background_queue.py
+++ b/tests/util/test_background_queue.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from twisted.internet.testing import MemoryReactor
 
 from synapse.server import HomeServer
-from synapse.util.bacckground_queue import BackgroundQueue
+from synapse.util.background_queue import BackgroundQueue
 from synapse.util.clock import Clock
 
 from tests.unittest import HomeserverTestCase