diff --git a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
index f8a1f12170..2f23bd8451 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py
@@ -507,19 +507,20 @@ def get_redis_conn(username=None, password=None):
 	if not hasattr(frappe.local, "conf"):
 		raise Exception("You need to call frappe.init")
 
-	elif not frappe.local.conf.redis_queue:
+	conf = frappe.get_site_config()
+	if not conf.redis_queue:
 		raise Exception("redis_queue missing in common_site_config.json")
 
 	global _redis_queue_conn
 
 	cred = frappe._dict()
-	if frappe.conf.get("use_rq_auth"):
+	if conf.get("use_rq_auth"):
 		if username:
 			cred["username"] = username
 			cred["password"] = password
 		else:
-			cred["username"] = frappe.get_site_config().rq_username or get_bench_id()
-			cred["password"] = frappe.get_site_config().rq_password
+			cred["username"] = conf.rq_username or get_bench_id()
+			cred["password"] = conf.rq_password
 
 	elif os.environ.get("RQ_ADMIN_PASWORD"):
 		cred["username"] = "default"
diff --git a/frappe/utils/redis_queue.py b/frappe/utils/redis_queue.py
index 1afdd4a3ff..7ee3bd0ab1 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/redis_queue.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/redis_queue.py
@@ -17,21 +17,22 @@ class RedisQueue:
 
 	@classmethod
 	def get_connection(cls, username=None, password=None):
-		if frappe.conf.redis_queue_sentinel_enabled:
+		conf = frappe.get_site_config()
+		if conf.redis_queue_sentinel_enabled:
 			from frappe.utils.redis_wrapper import get_sentinel_connection
 
-			sentinels = [tuple(node.split(":")) for node in frappe.conf.get("redis_queue_sentinels", [])]
+			sentinels = [tuple(node.split(":")) for node in conf.get("redis_queue_sentinels", [])]
 			sentinel = get_sentinel_connection(
 				sentinels=sentinels,
-				sentinel_username=frappe.conf.get("redis_queue_sentinel_username"),
-				sentinel_password=frappe.conf.get("redis_queue_sentinel_password"),
-				master_username=frappe.conf.get("redis_queue_master_username", username),
-				master_password=frappe.conf.get("redis_queue_master_password", password),
+				sentinel_username=conf.get("redis_queue_sentinel_username"),
+				sentinel_password=conf.get("redis_queue_sentinel_password"),
+				master_username=conf.get("redis_queue_master_username", username),
+				master_password=conf.get("redis_queue_master_password", password),
 			)
-			conn = sentinel.master_for(frappe.conf.get("redis_queue_master_service"))
+			conn = sentinel.master_for(conf.get("redis_queue_master_service"))
 			conn.ping()
 			return conn
-		conn = redis.from_url(frappe.conf.redis_queue, username=username, password=password)
+		conn = redis.from_url(conf.redis_queue, username=username, password=password)
 		conn.ping()
 		return conn