diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
index 8507f8a..2d2771f 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
@@ -661,8 +661,7 @@
             time.sleep(delay)
             resp, resp_body = self._request(method, url,
                                             headers=headers, body=body)
-        self._error_checker(method, url, headers, body,
-                            resp, resp_body)
+        self._error_checker(resp, resp_body)
         return resp, resp_body
 
     def _get_retry_after_delay(self, resp):
@@ -710,8 +709,7 @@
             raise ValueError("Failed to parse date %s" % val)
         return time.mktime(parts)
 
-    def _error_checker(self, method, url,
-                       headers, body, resp, resp_body):
+    def _error_checker(self, resp, resp_body):
 
         # NOTE(mtreinish): Check for httplib response from glance_http. The
         # object can't be used here because importing httplib breaks httplib2.
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/image/v1/images_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/image/v1/images_client.py
index 9737be3..e67a547 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/image/v1/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/image/v1/images_client.py
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
         data = iter(functools.partial(data.read, CHUNKSIZE), b'')
         resp, body = self.request('POST', 'images',
                                   headers=headers, body=data, chunked=True)
-        self._error_checker('POST', 'images', headers, data, resp,
-                            body)
+        self._error_checker(resp, body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
@@ -47,8 +46,7 @@
         url = 'images/%s' % image_id
         resp, body = self.request('PUT', url, headers=headers,
                                   body=data, chunked=True)
-        self._error_checker('PUT', url, headers, data,
-                            resp, body)
+        self._error_checker(resp, body)
         body = json.loads(body)
         return rest_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
index ec36fb7..9445e34 100644
--- a/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/object_storage/object_client.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
             chunked=True
         )
 
-        self._error_checker('PUT', None, headers, contents, resp, body)
+        self._error_checker(resp, body)
         self.expected_success(201, resp.status)
         return resp.status, resp.reason, resp
 
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/test_rest_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/test_rest_client.py
index 057f57b..e6cf047 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/test_rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/test_rest_client.py
@@ -296,10 +296,6 @@
                                             status=int(r_code),
                                             body=json.dumps(resp_body))
         data = {
-            "method": "fake_method",
-            "url": "fake_url",
-            "headers": "fake_headers",
-            "body": "fake_body",
             "resp": resp,
             "resp_body": json.dumps(resp_body)
         }