diff --git a/tests/db/sync/test_init.py b/tests/db/sync/test_init.py
index d23ab9e3c97b19bb70bb9b67aa2b4e648c1a4501..14066530346ea88dc147d2903b77c97e27d23490 100644
--- a/tests/db/sync/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/db/sync/test_init.py
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ class SynchronizerTests(TestCase):
 
         synchronizer = sync.Synchronizer(self.local_engine, self.remote_engines)
         with patch.object(synchronizer, 'sleep') as sleep:
-            with patch.object(synchronizer, 'synchronize_changes') as synchronize_changes:
+            with patch.object(synchronizer, 'synchronize') as synchronize:
 
-                synchronize_changes.side_effect = [1, 2, 3, FakeOperationalError(True),
+                synchronize.side_effect = [1, 2, 3, FakeOperationalError(True),
                                                    5, 6, 7, FakeOperationalError(False)]
                 self.assertRaises(FakeOperationalError, synchronizer.loop)
-                self.assertEqual(synchronize_changes.call_count, 8)
+                self.assertEqual(synchronize.call_count, 8)
                 self.assertEqual(sleep.call_args_list, [
                         call(3), call(3), call(3), call(5), call(3),
                         call(3), call(3), call(3)])