diff -r 1e272390ec26 -r 95989fd8d9a6 django/django/db/backends/persistant_master_slave_mysql/base.py
--- a/django/django/db/backends/persistant_master_slave_mysql/base.py	Wed Mar 26 18:56:16 2008 -0700
+++ b/django/django/db/backends/persistant_master_slave_mysql/base.py	Wed Mar 26 20:53:07 2008 -0700
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@
 
     @property
     def connection(self):
+        if not self.initialized:
+            self._cursor(settings)
         return self.get_master()
 
     def close(self):