diff --git a/lib/handlers/authorize-handler.js b/lib/handlers/authorize-handler.js
index 984136a8d..d49f408d0 100644
--- a/lib/handlers/authorize-handler.js
+++ b/lib/handlers/authorize-handler.js
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ AuthorizeHandler.prototype.handle = function(request, response) {
 
 AuthorizeHandler.prototype.generateAuthorizationCode = function(client, user, scope) {
   if (this.model.generateAuthorizationCode) {
-    return promisify(this.model.generateAuthorizationCode).call(this.model, client, user, scope);
+    return promisify(this.model.generateAuthorizationCode, 3).call(this.model, client, user, scope);
   }
   return tokenUtil.generateRandomToken();
 };