diff --git a/axes/attempts.py b/axes/attempts.py
index 80055c1..9eed18b 100644
--- a/axes/attempts.py
+++ b/axes/attempts.py
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ from axes.models import AccessAttempt
 log = getLogger(__name__)
 
 
-def get_cool_off_threshold(attempt_time: Optional[datetime] = None) -> datetime:
+def get_cool_off_threshold(
+    attempt_time: Optional[datetime] = None, request: Optional[HttpRequest] = None
+) -> datetime:
     """
     Get threshold for fetching access attempts from the database.
     """
 
-    cool_off = get_cool_off()
+    cool_off = get_cool_off(request)
     if cool_off is None:
         raise TypeError(
             "Cool off threshold can not be calculated with settings.AXES_COOLOFF_TIME set to None"
@@ -62,12 +64,14 @@ def get_user_attempts(
         )
         return attempts_list
 
-    threshold = get_cool_off_threshold(request.axes_attempt_time)
+    threshold = get_cool_off_threshold(request.axes_attempt_time, request)
     log.debug("AXES: Getting access attempts that are newer than %s", threshold)
     return [attempts.filter(attempt_time__gte=threshold) for attempts in attempts_list]
 
 
-def clean_expired_user_attempts(attempt_time: Optional[datetime] = None) -> int:
+def clean_expired_user_attempts(
+    attempt_time: Optional[datetime] = None, request: Optional[HttpRequest] = None
+) -> int:
     """
     Clean expired user attempts from the database.
     """
@@ -78,7 +82,7 @@ def clean_expired_user_attempts(attempt_time: Optional[datetime] = None) -> int:
         )
         return 0
 
-    threshold = get_cool_off_threshold(attempt_time)
+    threshold = get_cool_off_threshold(attempt_time, request)
     count, _ = AccessAttempt.objects.filter(attempt_time__lt=threshold).delete()
     log.info(
         "AXES: Cleaned up %s expired access attempts from database that were older than %s",
diff --git a/axes/handlers/database.py b/axes/handlers/database.py
index be2ded4..80df685 100644
--- a/axes/handlers/database.py
+++ b/axes/handlers/database.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class AxesDatabaseHandler(AbstractAxesHandler, AxesBaseHandler):
             return
 
         # 1. database query: Clean up expired user attempts from the database before logging new attempts
-        clean_expired_user_attempts(request.axes_attempt_time)
+        clean_expired_user_attempts(request.axes_attempt_time, request)
 
         username = get_client_username(request, credentials)
         client_str = get_client_str(
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ class AxesDatabaseHandler(AbstractAxesHandler, AxesBaseHandler):
         """
 
         # 1. database query: Clean up expired user attempts from the database
-        clean_expired_user_attempts(request.axes_attempt_time)
+        clean_expired_user_attempts(request.axes_attempt_time, request)
 
         username = user.get_username()
         credentials = get_credentials(username)
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ class AxesDatabaseHandler(AbstractAxesHandler, AxesBaseHandler):
         """
 
         # 1. database query: Clean up expired user attempts from the database
-        clean_expired_user_attempts(request.axes_attempt_time)
+        clean_expired_user_attempts(request.axes_attempt_time, request)
 
         username = user.get_username() if user else None
         client_str = get_client_str(
diff --git a/axes/helpers.py b/axes/helpers.py
index d7e3a0c..021b35e 100644
--- a/axes/helpers.py
+++ b/axes/helpers.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ def get_lockout_response(
         "username": get_client_username(request, credentials) or "",
     }
 
-    cool_off = get_cool_off()
+    cool_off = get_cool_off(request)
     if cool_off:
         context.update(
             {