diff --git a/django/contrib/sites/management.py b/django/contrib/sites/management.py
index a9daf1cc75..33bd44dfdc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sites/management.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sites/management.py
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ from django.core.management.color import no_style
 from django.db import DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, connections, router
 
 
-def create_default_site(app_config, verbosity=2, interactive=True, db=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, **kwargs):
+def create_default_site(app_config, verbosity=2, interactive=True, using=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, **kwargs):
     try:
         Site = apps.get_model('sites', 'Site')
     except LookupError:
         return
 
-    if not router.allow_migrate(db, Site):
+    if not router.allow_migrate(using, Site):
         return
 
     if not Site.objects.exists():
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ def create_default_site(app_config, verbosity=2, interactive=True, db=DEFAULT_DB
         # can also crop up outside of tests - see #15346.
         if verbosity >= 2:
             print("Creating example.com Site object")
-        Site(pk=settings.SITE_ID, domain="example.com", name="example.com").save(using=db)
+        Site(pk=settings.SITE_ID, domain="example.com", name="example.com").save(using=using)
 
         # We set an explicit pk instead of relying on auto-incrementation,
         # so we need to reset the database sequence. See #17415.
-        sequence_sql = connections[db].ops.sequence_reset_sql(no_style(), [Site])
+        sequence_sql = connections[using].ops.sequence_reset_sql(no_style(), [Site])
         if sequence_sql:
             if verbosity >= 2:
                 print("Resetting sequence")
-            with connections[db].cursor() as cursor:
+            with connections[using].cursor() as cursor:
                 for command in sequence_sql:
                     cursor.execute(command)
diff --git a/django/contrib/sites/tests.py b/django/contrib/sites/tests.py
index 72c7a9f8c7..c820b0247f 100644
--- a/django/contrib/sites/tests.py
+++ b/django/contrib/sites/tests.py
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ class CreateDefaultSiteTests(TestCase):
         """
         #16353, #16828 - The default site creation should respect db routing.
         """
-        create_default_site(self.app_config, db='default', verbosity=0)
-        create_default_site(self.app_config, db='other', verbosity=0)
+        create_default_site(self.app_config, using='default', verbosity=0)
+        create_default_site(self.app_config, using='other', verbosity=0)
         self.assertFalse(Site.objects.using('default').exists())
         self.assertTrue(Site.objects.using('other').exists())
 
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt b/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt
index fb42512166..31a96a4ccd 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt
+++ b/docs/releases/1.7.2.txt
@@ -172,3 +172,6 @@ Bugfixes
   (:ticket:`24054`).
 
 * Added tablespace SQL to apps with migrations (:ticket:`24051`).
+
+* Corrected ``contrib.sites`` default site creation in a multiple database
+  setup (:ticket:`24000`).