diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/wsgi_app.py b/nova/api/openstack/wsgi_app.py
index 3fef2df2bc57..bad600a0e08d 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/wsgi_app.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/wsgi_app.py
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@ from nova import context
 from nova import exception
 from nova import objects
 from nova import service
+from nova import utils
 
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 CONFIG_FILES = ['api-paste.ini', 'nova.conf']
 
+utils.monkey_patch()
 objects.register_all()
 
 
diff --git a/nova/cmd/__init__.py b/nova/cmd/__init__.py
index 1b1ddf772c12..8b0ed86cb74f 100644
--- a/nova/cmd/__init__.py
+++ b/nova/cmd/__init__.py
@@ -13,20 +13,6 @@
 # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 
-import eventlet
-from oslo_utils import importutils
-from six.moves import reload_module
+from nova import utils
 
-from nova import debugger
-
-if debugger.enabled():
-    # turn off thread patching to enable the remote debugger
-    eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False, thread=False)
-else:
-    eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
-
-# NOTE(rgerganov): oslo.context is storing a global thread-local variable
-# which keeps the request context for the current thread. If oslo.context is
-# imported before calling monkey_patch(), then this thread-local won't be
-# green. To workaround this, reload the module after calling monkey_patch()
-reload_module(importutils.import_module('oslo_context.context'))
+utils.monkey_patch()
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index 5c161987ef4e..eac44964e10e 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -48,8 +48,10 @@ from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from oslo_utils import units
 import six
 from six.moves import range
+from six.moves import reload_module
 
 import nova.conf
+from nova import debugger
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _, _LE, _LI, _LW
 import nova.network
@@ -1296,3 +1298,18 @@ def generate_hostid(host, project_id):
         sha_hash = hashlib.sha224(data)
         return sha_hash.hexdigest()
     return ""
+
+
+def monkey_patch():
+    if debugger.enabled():
+        # turn off thread patching to enable the remote debugger
+        eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False, thread=False)
+    else:
+        eventlet.monkey_patch(os=False)
+
+    # NOTE(rgerganov): oslo.context is storing a global thread-local variable
+    # which keeps the request context for the current thread. If oslo.context
+    # is imported before calling monkey_patch(), then this thread-local won't
+    # be green. To workaround this, reload the module after calling
+    # monkey_patch()
+    reload_module(importutils.import_module('oslo_context.context'))