diff --git a/buildman/server.py b/buildman/server.py
index aa0ea827d..0403ce810 100644
--- a/buildman/server.py
+++ b/buildman/server.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class BuilderServer(object):
                    self._lifecycle_manager.num_workers())
 
       job_item = self._queue.get(processing_time=self._lifecycle_manager.setup_time(),
-                                 order_required=True)
+                                 ordering_required=True)
       if job_item is None:
         logger.debug('No additional work found. Going to sleep for %s seconds', WORK_CHECK_TIMEOUT)
         continue