diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/split_mongo/split.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/split_mongo/split.py
index 6cbe821deb..9a0f27c26a 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/split_mongo/split.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/split_mongo/split.py
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ class SplitMongoModuleStore(SplitBulkWriteMixin, ModuleStoreWriteBase):
         """
         Returns the wire version for mongo. Only used to unit tests which instrument the connection.
         """
-        return self.db_connection.mongo_wire_version
+        return self.db_connection.mongo_wire_version()
 
     def _drop_database(self, database=True, collections=True, connections=True):
         """