diff --git a/neutron_tempest_plugin/api/admin/test_agent_management.py b/neutron_tempest_plugin/api/admin/test_agent_management.py
index f63e81b..399e428 100644
--- a/neutron_tempest_plugin/api/admin/test_agent_management.py
+++ b/neutron_tempest_plugin/api/admin/test_agent_management.py
@@ -38,9 +38,13 @@
         # Heartbeats must be excluded from comparison
         self.agent.pop('heartbeat_timestamp', None)
         self.agent.pop('configurations', None)
+        # Exclude alive as it can happen that when testclass'
+        # resource_setup executed the selected agent is not up
+        self.agent.pop('alive', None)
         for agent in agents:
             agent.pop('heartbeat_timestamp', None)
             agent.pop('configurations', None)
+            agent.pop('alive', None)
         self.assertIn(self.agent, agents)
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('e335be47-b9a1-46fd-be30-0874c0b751e6')