diff --git a/octavia/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/amphora_info.py b/octavia/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/amphora_info.py
index 0ea37ad272..c1100f2060 100644
--- a/octavia/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/amphora_info.py
+++ b/octavia/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/amphora_info.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class AmphoraInfo(object):
     def _count_lvs_listener_processes(self, lvs_driver, listener_list):
         num = 0
         for listener_id in listener_list:
-            if lvs_driver.is_listener_running(listener_id):
+            if util.is_lvs_listener_running(listener_id):
                 # optional check if it's still running
                 num += 1
         return num
diff --git a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py
index 1655febd27..66eb6d23dc 100644
--- a/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py
+++ b/octavia/tests/unit/amphorae/backends/agent/api_server/test_amphora_info.py
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ class TestAmphoraInfo(base.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(expected_dict, actual.json)
         api_server.VERSION = original_version
 
+    @mock.patch('octavia.amphorae.backends.agent.api_server.util.'
+                'is_lvs_listener_running')
     @mock.patch('octavia.amphorae.backends.agent.api_server.util.'
                 'get_lvs_listeners',
                 return_value=[FAKE_LISTENER_ID_3, FAKE_LISTENER_ID_4])
@@ -205,7 +207,8 @@ class TestAmphoraInfo(base.TestCase):
                                               m_pkg_version, m_load,
                                               m_get_nets,
                                               m_os, m_cpu, mget_mem,
-                                              mock_get_lb, mget_lvs_listener):
+                                              mock_get_lb, mget_lvs_listener,
+                                              mock_is_lvs_listener_running):
         mget_mem.return_value = {'SwapCached': 0, 'Buffers': 344792,
                                  'MemTotal': 21692784, 'Cached': 4271856,
                                  'Slab': 534384, 'MemFree': 12685624,
@@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ class TestAmphoraInfo(base.TestCase):
         m_count.return_value = 5
         self.lvs_driver.get_subscribed_amp_compile_info.return_value = [
             'keepalived', 'ipvsadm']
-        self.lvs_driver.is_listener_running.side_effect = [True, False]
+        mock_is_lvs_listener_running.side_effect = [True, False]
         mock_get_lb.return_value = [self.LB_ID_1]
         original_version = api_server.VERSION
         api_server.VERSION = self.API_VERSION
@@ -282,8 +285,10 @@ class TestAmphoraInfo(base.TestCase):
             [uuidutils.generate_uuid(), uuidutils.generate_uuid()])
         self.assertEqual(1, result)
 
-    def test__count_lvs_listener_processes(self):
-        self.lvs_driver.is_listener_running.side_effect = [True, False, True]
+    @mock.patch('octavia.amphorae.backends.agent.api_server.util.'
+                'is_lvs_listener_running')
+    def test__count_lvs_listener_processes(self, mock_is_lvs_listener_running):
+        mock_is_lvs_listener_running.side_effect = [True, False, True]
         expected = 2
         actual = self.amp_info._count_lvs_listener_processes(
             self.lvs_driver, [self.FAKE_LISTENER_ID_1,