diff --git a/cms/static/js/base.js b/cms/static/js/base.js
index 6d047050be..4140beb2da 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/base.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/base.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+if (!window.CmsUtils) window.CmsUtils = {};
+
 var $body;
 var $modal;
 var $modalCover;
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ $(document).ready(function () {
     $('a[rel*="view"][href^="#"]').bind('click', smoothScrollLink);
 
     // tender feedback window scrolling
-    $('a.show-tender').bind('click', smoothScrollTop);
+    $('a.show-tender').bind('click', window.CmsUtils.smoothScrollTop);
 
     // toggling footer additional support
     $('.cta-show-sock').bind('click', toggleSock);
@@ -172,7 +174,10 @@ function smoothScrollLink(e) {
     });
 }
 
-function smoothScrollTop(e) {
+// On AWS instances, this base.js gets wrapped in a separate scope as part of Django static
+// pipelining (note, this doesn't happen on local runtimes). So if we set it on window,
+//  when we can access it from other scopes (namely Course Advanced Settings).
+window.CmsUtils.smoothScrollTop = function (e) {
     (e).preventDefault();
 
     $.smoothScroll({
diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/settings/advanced_view.js b/cms/static/js/views/settings/advanced_view.js
index 9c62499773..c1392831b8 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/settings/advanced_view.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/settings/advanced_view.js
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ CMS.Views.Settings.Advanced = CMS.Views.ValidatingView.extend({
         }
     },
     saveView : function(event) {
-        smoothScrollTop(event);
+        window.CmsUtils.smoothScrollTop(event);
         // TODO one last verification scan:
         //    call validateKey on each to ensure proper format
         //    check for dupes