diff --git a/tempest/common/compute.py b/tempest/common/compute.py
index 5a14fbe..6e6ada8 100644
--- a/tempest/common/compute.py
+++ b/tempest/common/compute.py
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@
 
     # TODO(jlanoux) add support of wait_until PINGABLE/SSHABLE
 
-    if 'name' in kwargs:
-        name = kwargs.pop('name')
-    else:
-        name = data_utils.rand_name(__name__ + "-instance")
-
+    name = kwargs.pop('name', data_utils.rand_name(__name__ + "-instance"))
     flavor = kwargs.pop('flavor', CONF.compute.flavor_ref)
     image_id = kwargs.pop('image_id', CONF.compute.image_ref)