diff --git a/awx/fact/tests/models/fact/fact_simple.py b/awx/fact/tests/models/fact/fact_simple.py
index d04d02638f..142accdbd3 100644
--- a/awx/fact/tests/models/fact/fact_simple.py
+++ b/awx/fact/tests/models/fact/fact_simple.py
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@ from awx.fact.tests.base import BaseFactTest, FactScanBuilder, TEST_FACT_PACKAGE
 
 __all__ = ['FactHostTest', 'FactTest', 'FactGetHostVersionTest', 'FactGetHostTimelineTest']
 
+# damn you python 2.6
+def timedelta_total_seconds(timedelta):
+    return (
+        timedelta.microseconds + 0.0 +
+        (timedelta.seconds + timedelta.days * 24 * 3600) * 10 ** 6) / 10 ** 6
+
+
 class FactHostTest(BaseFactTest):
     def test_create_host(self):
         host = FactHost(hostname='hosty', inventory_id=1)
@@ -72,7 +79,7 @@ class FactTest(BaseFactTest):
             t1 = now()
             (f_obj, v_obj) = Fact.add_fact(host=host, timestamp=timestamp, module='packages', fact=data)
             t2 = now()
-            diff = (t2 - t1).total_seconds()
+            diff = timedelta_total_seconds(t2 - t1)
             print("add_fact save time: %s (s)" % diff)
             # Note: 20 is realllly high. This should complete in < 2 seconds
             self.assertLessEqual(diff, 20)
diff --git a/awx/main/management/commands/workload_generator.py b/awx/main/management/commands/workload_generator.py
index 3eb8fc6660..658d5c7228 100644
--- a/awx/main/management/commands/workload_generator.py
+++ b/awx/main/management/commands/workload_generator.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import mongoengine
 # awx
 from awx.fact.models.fact import * # noqa
 from awx.main.models import * # noqa
+from awx.main.utils import timedelta_total_seconds
 
 TEST_FACT_ANSIBLE = {
     "ansible_swapfree_mb" : 4092,
@@ -198,12 +199,6 @@ EXPERIMENT_DEFAULT = {
     ]
 }
 
-# damn you python 2.6
-def timedelta_total_seconds(timedelta):
-    return (
-        timedelta.microseconds + 0.0 +
-        (timedelta.seconds + timedelta.days * 24 * 3600) * 10 ** 6) / 10 ** 6
-
 class Experiment(object):
     def __init__(self, exp, fact_fixtures, raw_db, mongoengine_db):
         self.db = raw_db
diff --git a/awx/main/utils.py b/awx/main/utils.py
index 1d07e5f4f7..de020b145f 100644
--- a/awx/main/utils.py
+++ b/awx/main/utils.py
@@ -511,3 +511,11 @@ def timestamp_apiformat(timestamp):
     if timestamp.endswith('+00:00'):
         timestamp = timestamp[:-6] + 'Z'
     return timestamp
+
+# damn you python 2.6
+def timedelta_total_seconds(timedelta):
+    return (
+        timedelta.microseconds + 0.0 +
+        (timedelta.seconds + timedelta.days * 24 * 3600) * 10 ** 6) / 10 ** 6
+
+