diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
index 838b043..c7f04de 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/connection_pool.rb
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ module ActiveRecord

       def checkout_and_verify(c)
         c.run_callbacks :checkout
-        c.verify!(verification_timeout)
+        c.verify_now!
         @checked_out << c
         c
       end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
index 005be9d..da67662 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract_adapter.rb
@@ -128,11 +128,15 @@ module ActiveRecord
       def verify!(timeout)
         now = Time.now.to_i
         if (now - @last_verification) > timeout
-          reconnect! unless active?
-          @last_verification = now
+          verify_now! now
         end
       end

+      def verify_now!(now = Time.now.to_i)
+        reconnect! unless active?
+        @last_verification = now
+      end
+
       # Provides access to the underlying database connection. Useful for
       # when you need to call a proprietary method such as postgresql's lo_*
       # methods