diff --git a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/50/profiles_deactivated_users.sql b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/50/profiles_deactivated_users.sql
index 6c7c8ab734..c8893ecbe8 100644
--- a/synapse/storage/schema/delta/50/profiles_deactivated_users.sql
+++ b/synapse/storage/schema/delta/50/profiles_deactivated_users.sql
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@
  * so we can't easily join between the two tables. Plus, the batch number
  * realy ought to represent data in this table that has changed.
  */
-ALTER TABLE profiles ADD COLUMN active BOOLEAN DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL;
+ALTER TABLE profiles ADD COLUMN active SMALLINT DEFAULT 1 NOT NULL;