diff --git a/synapse/handlers/presence.py b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
index 6460eb99521c..9915b9288b01 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/presence.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/presence.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     ReplicationPresenceSetState,
 )
 from synapse.replication.tcp.commands import ClearUserSyncsCommand
+from synapse.replication.tcp.streams import PresenceStream
 from synapse.state import StateHandler
 from synapse.storage.databases.main import DataStore
 from synapse.types import Collection, JsonDict, UserID, get_domain_from_id
@@ -253,8 +254,10 @@ async def update_external_syncs_clear(self, process_id):
         """
         pass
 
-    async def process_replication_rows(self, token, rows):
-        """Process presence stream rows received over replication."""
+    async def process_replication_rows(
+        self, stream_name: str, instance_name: str, token: int, rows: list
+    ):
+        """Process streams received over replication."""
         pass
 
     async def maybe_send_presence_to_interested_destinations(
@@ -421,7 +424,14 @@ async def notify_from_replication(self, states, stream_id):
         # If this is a federation sender, notify about presence updates.
         await self.maybe_send_presence_to_interested_destinations(states)
 
-    async def process_replication_rows(self, token, rows):
+    async def process_replication_rows(
+        self, stream_name: str, instance_name: str, token: int, rows: list
+    ):
+        await super().process_replication_rows(stream_name, instance_name, token, rows)
+
+        if stream_name != PresenceStream.NAME:
+            return
+
         states = [
             UserPresenceState(
                 row.user_id,
diff --git a/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py b/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py
index ce5d651cb8c5..778fde1e9765 100644
--- a/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py
+++ b/synapse/replication/tcp/client.py
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ async def on_rdata(
                     self.stop_pusher(row.user_id, row.app_id, row.pushkey)
                 else:
                     await self.start_pusher(row.user_id, row.app_id, row.pushkey)
-        elif stream_name == PresenceStream.NAME:
-            await self._presence_handler.process_replication_rows(token, rows)
         elif stream_name == EventsStream.NAME:
             # We shouldn't get multiple rows per token for events stream, so
             # we don't need to optimise this for multiple rows.
@@ -221,6 +219,10 @@ async def on_rdata(
                     membership=row.data.membership,
                 )
 
+        await self._presence_handler.process_replication_rows(
+            stream_name, instance_name, token, rows
+        )
+
         # Notify any waiting deferreds. The list is ordered by position so we
         # just iterate through the list until we reach a position that is
         # greater than the received row position.