diff --git a/awx/api/views/__init__.py b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
index d58343b0f1..8d502eb5c9 100644
--- a/awx/api/views/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import six
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import FieldError, ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.db.models import Q, Count
-from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction
+from django.db import IntegrityError, transaction, connection
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
 from django.utils.encoding import smart_text
 from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe