diff --git a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
index 16b06fe006e..49a68c62293 100644
--- a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
+++ b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 ##
 
 upstream gitlab {
-  server unix:/home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket;
+  server unix:/home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket fail_timeout=0;
 }
 
 ## Normal HTTP host
diff --git a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl
index d2aa06fe7f6..19409e41f40 100644
--- a/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl
+++ b/lib/support/nginx/gitlab-ssl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 ## See installation.md#using-https for additional HTTPS configuration details.
 
 upstream gitlab {
-  server unix:/home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket;
+  server unix:/home/git/gitlab/tmp/sockets/gitlab.socket fail_timeout=0;
 }
 
 ## Normal HTTP host