diff --git a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/ovsdb/test_impl_idl.py b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/ovsdb/test_impl_idl.py
index db3bdab8c94..fe433b34917 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/functional/agent/ovsdb/test_impl_idl.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/functional/agent/ovsdb/test_impl_idl.py
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ class ImplIdlTestCase(base.BaseSudoTestCase):
     def test_post_commit_vswitchd_incomplete_timeout(self, *args):
         # Due to timing issues we may rarely hit the global timeout, which
         # raises RuntimeError to match the vsctl implementation
-        self.ovs.ovsdb.connection.timeout = 3
+        self.ovs.ovsdb.ovsdb_connection.timeout = 3
         self.assertRaises((exc.TimeoutException, RuntimeError), self._add_br)