diff --git a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
index 98a3365f05fc..b90ad6d79eb0 100644
--- a/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
+++ b/synapse/rest/client/v1/login.py
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@ async def _do_other_login(self, login_submission):
 
         # Check whether this attempt uses a threepid, if so, check if our failed attempt
         # ratelimiter allows another attempt at this time
-        medium, address = (
-            login_submission.get("medium"),
-            login_submission.get("address"),
-        )
+        medium = login_submission.get("medium")
+        address = login_submission.get("address")
         if medium and address:
             self._failed_attempts_ratelimiter.ratelimit(
                 (medium, address.lower()), update=False