diff --git a/src/dialects/mssql/index.js b/src/dialects/mssql/index.js
index fefe593e2..90136609c 100644
--- a/src/dialects/mssql/index.js
+++ b/src/dialects/mssql/index.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ assign(Client_MSSQL.prototype, {
   },
 
   ping: function(resource, callback) {
-    resource.query('SELECT 1', callback);
+    resource.request().query('SELECT 1', callback);
   }
 
 })