diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index c685994cb8..eba1b82a0d 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ def password_reset(request):
 
     # Add some rate limiting here by re-using the RateLimitMixin as a helper class
     limiter = BadRequestRateLimiter()
-    if limiter.is_rated_limit_exceeded(request):
+    if limiter.is_rate_limit_exceeded(request):
         AUDIT_LOG.warning("Rate limit exceeded in password_reset")
         return HttpResponseForbidden()
 
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/util/bad_request_rate_limiter.py b/common/djangoapps/util/bad_request_rate_limiter.py
index fe596cc849..a8fb0f9180 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/util/bad_request_rate_limiter.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/util/bad_request_rate_limiter.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class BadRequestRateLimiter(RateLimitMixin):
     Use the 3rd party RateLimitMixin to help do rate limiting on the Password Reset flows
     """
 
-    def is_rated_limit_exceeded(self, request):
+    def is_rate_limit_exceeded(self, request):
         """
         Returns if the client has been rated limited
         """