diff --git a/barbican/cmd/keystone_listener.py b/barbican/cmd/keystone_listener.py
index 3b49b085d..6e9a9c3c2 100644
--- a/barbican/cmd/keystone_listener.py
+++ b/barbican/cmd/keystone_listener.py
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@ import sys
 # To have remote debugging, thread module needs to be disabled.
 # eventlet.monkey_patch(thread=False)
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
+# Monkey patch the original current_thread to use the up-to-date _active
+# global variable. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863021 and
+# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/592
+import __original_module_threading as orig_threading
+import threading  # noqa
+orig_threading.current_thread.__globals__['_active'] = threading._active
 
 
 # 'Borrowed' from the Glance project:
diff --git a/barbican/cmd/retry_scheduler.py b/barbican/cmd/retry_scheduler.py
index fecf29eba..9973adacc 100644
--- a/barbican/cmd/retry_scheduler.py
+++ b/barbican/cmd/retry_scheduler.py
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ import sys
 
 # Oslo messaging RPC server uses eventlet.
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
+# Monkey patch the original current_thread to use the up-to-date _active
+# global variable. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863021 and
+# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/592
+import __original_module_threading as orig_threading
+import threading  # noqa
+orig_threading.current_thread.__globals__['_active'] = threading._active
 
 # 'Borrowed' from the Glance project:
 # If ../barbican/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that
diff --git a/barbican/cmd/worker.py b/barbican/cmd/worker.py
index f9f0d0896..f7a711ca8 100644
--- a/barbican/cmd/worker.py
+++ b/barbican/cmd/worker.py
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ import sys
 
 # Oslo messaging RPC server uses eventlet.
 eventlet.monkey_patch()
+# Monkey patch the original current_thread to use the up-to-date _active
+# global variable. See https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1863021 and
+# https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues/592
+import __original_module_threading as orig_threading
+import threading  # noqa
+orig_threading.current_thread.__globals__['_active'] = threading._active
 
 # 'Borrowed' from the Glance project:
 # If ../barbican/__init__.py exists, add ../ to Python search path, so that