diff --git a/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py b/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py
index 691028cd42d5..8a8f8dc02afa 100644
--- a/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py
+++ b/awx/main/dispatch/worker/base.py
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
 class AWXConsumerPG(AWXConsumerBase):
     def __init__(self, *args, schedule=None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
-        self.pg_max_wait = settings.DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTIME_TOLERANCE
+        self.pg_max_wait = getattr(settings, 'DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTOWN_TOLLERANCE', settings.DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTIME_TOLERANCE)
         # if no successful loops have ran since startup, then we should fail right away
         self.pg_is_down = True  # set so that we fail if we get database errors on startup
         init_time = time.time()
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks/callback.py b/awx/main/tasks/callback.py
index a8bfc53a4b92..069bc408c97d 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks/callback.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks/callback.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def __init__(self, model=None):
         self.safe_env = {}
         self.event_ct = 0
         self.model = model
-        self.update_attempts = int(settings.DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTIME_TOLERANCE / 5)
+        self.update_attempts = int(getattr(settings, 'DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTOWN_TOLLERANCE', settings.DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTIME_TOLERANCE) / 5)
         self.wrapup_event_dispatched = False
         self.artifacts_processed = False
         self.extra_update_fields = {}
diff --git a/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py b/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py
index d244baa53495..0a9e7f59755b 100644
--- a/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py
+++ b/awx/main/tasks/jobs.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class BaseTask(object):
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.cleanup_paths = []
-        self.update_attempts = int(settings.DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTIME_TOLERANCE / 5)
+        self.update_attempts = int(getattr(settings, 'DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTOWN_TOLLERANCE', settings.DISPATCHER_DB_DOWNTIME_TOLERANCE) / 5)
         self.runner_callback = self.callback_class(model=self.model)
 
     def update_model(self, pk, _attempt=0, **updates):