diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/Fix-KeyError-bug-in-v3-volumes_client-ff5d9b894f2257c8.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/Fix-KeyError-bug-in-v3-volumes_client-ff5d9b894f2257c8.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbb1901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/Fix-KeyError-bug-in-v3-volumes_client-ff5d9b894f2257c8.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    is_resource_deleted method of v3 volumes_client might have returned
+    a KeyError exception due to an incorrect accessing of a volume id
+    in the case the volume was in error_deleting state.
+    incorrect code - volume['id']
+    correct code - volume['volume']['id']
+    More details about the issue can be found at
+    https://bugs.launchpad.net/tempest/+bug/1887980
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
index 4fb6d2e..9c6729b 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/volume/v3/volumes_client.py
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
         if volume["volume"]["status"] == "error_deleting":
             raise lib_exc.DeleteErrorException(
                 "Volume %s failed to delete and is in error_deleting status" %
-                volume['id'])
+                volume['volume']['id'])
         return False
 
     @property