diff --git a/awx/main/models/jobs.py b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
index c313ab2000..34c3610220 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/jobs.py
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ class SystemJob(UnifiedJob, SystemJobOptions, JobNotificationMixin):
 
     @property
     def preferred_instance_groups(self):
-        return self.global_instance_groups
+        return self.control_plane_instance_group
 
     '''
     JobNotificationMixin