diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py
index 8c5e63b..1acc67d 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/admin/v3/test_tokens.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('08ed85ce-2ba8-4864-b442-bcc61f16ae89')
     def test_get_available_project_scopes(self):
-        manager_project_id = self.manager.credentials.project_id
+        manager_project_id = self.os_primary.credentials.project_id
         admin_user_id = self.os_admin.credentials.user_id
         admin_role_id = self.get_role_by_name(CONF.identity.admin_role)['id']
 
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/manager.py b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
index 2e55c2e..a486a29 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
@@ -47,40 +47,40 @@
     def setup_clients(cls):
         super(ScenarioTest, cls).setup_clients()
         # Clients (in alphabetical order)
-        cls.flavors_client = cls.manager.flavors_client
+        cls.flavors_client = cls.os_primary.flavors_client
         cls.compute_floating_ips_client = (
-            cls.manager.compute_floating_ips_client)
+            cls.os_primary.compute_floating_ips_client)
         if CONF.service_available.glance:
             # Check if glance v1 is available to determine which client to use.
             if CONF.image_feature_enabled.api_v1:
-                cls.image_client = cls.manager.image_client
+                cls.image_client = cls.os_primary.image_client
             elif CONF.image_feature_enabled.api_v2:
-                cls.image_client = cls.manager.image_client_v2
+                cls.image_client = cls.os_primary.image_client_v2
             else:
                 raise lib_exc.InvalidConfiguration(
                     'Either api_v1 or api_v2 must be True in '
                     '[image-feature-enabled].')
         # Compute image client
-        cls.compute_images_client = cls.manager.compute_images_client
-        cls.keypairs_client = cls.manager.keypairs_client
+        cls.compute_images_client = cls.os_primary.compute_images_client
+        cls.keypairs_client = cls.os_primary.keypairs_client
         # Nova security groups client
         cls.compute_security_groups_client = (
-            cls.manager.compute_security_groups_client)
+            cls.os_primary.compute_security_groups_client)
         cls.compute_security_group_rules_client = (
-            cls.manager.compute_security_group_rules_client)
-        cls.servers_client = cls.manager.servers_client
-        cls.interface_client = cls.manager.interfaces_client
+            cls.os_primary.compute_security_group_rules_client)
+        cls.servers_client = cls.os_primary.servers_client
+        cls.interface_client = cls.os_primary.interfaces_client
         # Neutron network client
-        cls.networks_client = cls.manager.networks_client
-        cls.ports_client = cls.manager.ports_client
-        cls.routers_client = cls.manager.routers_client
-        cls.subnets_client = cls.manager.subnets_client
-        cls.floating_ips_client = cls.manager.floating_ips_client
-        cls.security_groups_client = cls.manager.security_groups_client
+        cls.networks_client = cls.os_primary.networks_client
+        cls.ports_client = cls.os_primary.ports_client
+        cls.routers_client = cls.os_primary.routers_client
+        cls.subnets_client = cls.os_primary.subnets_client
+        cls.floating_ips_client = cls.os_primary.floating_ips_client
+        cls.security_groups_client = cls.os_primary.security_groups_client
         cls.security_group_rules_client = (
-            cls.manager.security_group_rules_client)
-        cls.volumes_client = cls.manager.volumes_v2_client
-        cls.snapshots_client = cls.manager.snapshots_v2_client
+            cls.os_primary.security_group_rules_client)
+        cls.volumes_client = cls.os_primary.volumes_v2_client
+        cls.snapshots_client = cls.os_primary.snapshots_v2_client
 
     # ## Test functions library
     #
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
 
         # Needed for the cross_tenant_traffic test:
         if clients is None:
-            clients = self.manager
+            clients = self.os_primary
 
         if name is None:
             name = data_utils.rand_name(self.__class__.__name__ + "-server")
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py b/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py
index 15f57d4..552ab27 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
-
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib import decorators
 from tempest.lib import exceptions
@@ -35,15 +34,6 @@
             raise cls.skipException(
                 "Less than 2 compute nodes, skipping multinode tests.")
 
-    @classmethod
-    def setup_clients(cls):
-        super(TestServerMultinode, cls).setup_clients()
-        # Use admin client by default
-        cls.manager = cls.os_admin
-        # this is needed so that we can use the availability_zone:host
-        # scheduler hint, which is admin_only by default
-        cls.servers_client = cls.os_admin.servers_client
-
     @decorators.idempotent_id('9cecbe35-b9d4-48da-a37e-7ce70aa43d30')
     @decorators.attr(type='smoke')
     @test.services('compute', 'network')
@@ -74,9 +64,13 @@
         for host in hosts[:CONF.compute.min_compute_nodes]:
             # by getting to active state here, this means this has
             # landed on the host in question.
+            # in order to use the availability_zone:host scheduler hint,
+            # admin client is need here.
             inst = self.create_server(
+                clients=self.os_admin,
                 availability_zone='%(zone)s:%(host_name)s' % host)
-            server = self.servers_client.show_server(inst['id'])['server']
+            server = self.os_admin.servers_client.show_server(
+                inst['id'])['server']
             # ensure server is located on the requested host
             self.assertEqual(host['host_name'], server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'])
             servers.append(server)