diff --git a/test_set/cvp-sanity/tests/test_nova_services.py b/test_set/cvp-sanity/tests/test_nova_services.py
index 62a3428..ea6e969 100644
--- a/test_set/cvp-sanity/tests/test_nova_services.py
+++ b/test_set/cvp-sanity/tests/test_nova_services.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     ironic = local_salt_client.test_ping(tgt='ironic:conductor')
     if ironic:
         ironic_nodes = [i.split('.')[0] for i in ironic]
-        grep_exclude_ironic = "| egrep -v '{}'".format("|".join(ironic_nodes))
+        grep_exclude_ironic = "| grep -v ironic | egrep -v '{}'" \
+                              "".format("|".join(ironic_nodes))
     else:
         grep_exclude_ironic = ""