diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
index 1b67fc8615a..d0e27e6f440 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/mysql.py
@@ -110,8 +110,7 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(local):
         return "`%s`" % name
 
 def get_last_insert_id(cursor, table_name, pk_name):
-    cursor.execute("SELECT LAST_INSERT_ID()")
-    return cursor.fetchone()[0]
+    return cursor.lastrowid
 
 def get_date_extract_sql(lookup_type, table_name):
     # lookup_type is 'year', 'month', 'day'