diff --git a/awx/api/views.py b/awx/api/views.py
index 965078727a..3ea3c69692 100644
--- a/awx/api/views.py
+++ b/awx/api/views.py
@@ -2969,7 +2969,7 @@ class WorkflowJobTemplateLaunch(WorkflowsEnforcementMixin, RetrieveAPIView):
 
         prompted_fields, ignored_fields = obj._accept_or_ignore_job_kwargs(**request.data)
 
-        new_job = obj.create_workflow_job(**prompted_fields)
+        new_job = obj.create_unified_job(**prompted_fields)
         new_job.signal_start(**prompted_fields)
 
         data = OrderedDict()
diff --git a/awx/main/models/workflow.py b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
index 11d4c37601..b98d9c1211 100644
--- a/awx/main/models/workflow.py
+++ b/awx/main/models/workflow.py
@@ -392,8 +392,8 @@ class WorkflowJobTemplate(UnifiedJobTemplate, WorkflowJobOptions, SurveyJobTempl
                     success=list(success_notification_templates),
                     any=list(any_notification_templates))
 
-    def create_workflow_job(self, **kwargs):
-        workflow_job = self.create_unified_job(**kwargs)
+    def create_unified_job(self, **kwargs):
+        workflow_job = super(WorkflowJobTemplate, self).create_unified_job(**kwargs)
         workflow_job.copy_nodes_from_original(original=self)
         return workflow_job