diff --git a/awx/main/models/__init__.py b/awx/main/models/__init__.py
index 01bd68cc66..c044997fca 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/__init__.py
@@ -145,3 +145,15 @@ activity_stream_registrar.connect(WorkflowJob)
 
 # prevent API filtering on certain Django-supplied sensitive fields
 prevent_search(User._meta.get_field('password'))
+
+# Always, always, always defer result_stdout_text for polymorphic UnifiedJob rows
+def defer_stdout(f):
+    def _wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+        objs = f(*args, **kwargs)
+        objs.query.deferred_loading[0].add('result_stdout_text')
+        return objs
+    return _wrapped
+
+
+for cls in UnifiedJob.__subclasses__():
+    cls.base_objects.filter = defer_stdout(cls.base_objects.filter)