1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/database.rb b/lib/gitlab/database.rb
index 68ed53cf64a..6d40e00c035 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/database.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/database.rb
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ module Gitlab
       adapter_name.casecmp('postgresql').zero?
     end
 
-    # Overridden in EE
     def self.read_only?
       false
     end
@@ -44,12 +43,14 @@ module Gitlab
       !self.read_only?
     end
 
-    # check whether the underlying database is in read-only mode
+    # Check whether the underlying database is in read-only mode
     def self.db_read_only?
       if postgresql?
-        ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute('SELECT pg_is_in_recovery()')
-          .first
-          .fetch('pg_is_in_recovery') == 't'
+        pg_is_in_recovery =
+          ActiveRecord::Base.connection.execute('SELECT pg_is_in_recovery()')
+            .first.fetch('pg_is_in_recovery')
+
+        Gitlab::Utils.to_boolean(pg_is_in_recovery)
       else
         false
       end