diff --git a/lib/discourse.rb b/lib/discourse.rb
index 66c459da67b..aa417260daf 100644
--- a/lib/discourse.rb
+++ b/lib/discourse.rb
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ module Discourse
     # note: some of this reconnecting may no longer be needed per https://github.com/redis/redis-rb/pull/414
     MessageBus.after_fork
     SiteSetting.after_fork
-    Discourse.redis._client.reconnect
+    Discourse.redis.reconnect
     Rails.cache.reconnect
     Discourse.cache.reconnect
     Logster.store.redis.reconnect