diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
index 3a28da7bb2c9..b975ed7d0ecf 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Connection.php
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ public function reconnect()
      */
     protected function reconnectIfMissingConnection()
     {
-        if (is_null($this->getPdo()) || is_null($this->getReadPdo())) {
+        if (is_null($this->pdo)) {
             $this->reconnect();
         }
     }