diff --git a/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py b/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
index c97ddd7..62c1e05 100644
--- a/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
+++ b/tempest/api/database/flavors/test_flavors.py
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('c94b825e-0132-4686-8049-8a4a2bc09525')
     def test_get_db_flavor(self):
         # The expected flavor details should be returned
-        flavor = self.client.get_db_flavor_details(self.db_flavor_ref)
+        flavor = (self.client.get_db_flavor_details(self.db_flavor_ref)
+                  ['flavor'])
         self.assertEqual(self.db_flavor_ref, str(flavor['id']))
         self.assertIn('ram', flavor)
         self.assertIn('links', flavor)
@@ -37,9 +38,10 @@
     @test.attr(type='smoke')
     @test.idempotent_id('685025d6-0cec-4673-8a8d-995cb8e0d3bb')
     def test_list_db_flavors(self):
-        flavor = self.client.get_db_flavor_details(self.db_flavor_ref)
+        flavor = (self.client.get_db_flavor_details(self.db_flavor_ref)
+                  ['flavor'])
         # List of all flavors should contain the expected flavor
-        flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()
+        flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()['flavors']
         self.assertIn(flavor, flavors)
 
     def _check_values(self, names, db_flavor, os_flavor, in_db=True):
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@
     @test.idempotent_id('afb2667f-4ec2-4925-bcb7-313fdcffb80d')
     @test.services('compute')
     def test_compare_db_flavors_with_os(self):
-        db_flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()
+        db_flavors = self.client.list_db_flavors()['flavors']
         os_flavors = (self.os_flavors_client.list_flavors(detail=True)
                       ['flavors'])
         self.assertEqual(len(os_flavors), len(db_flavors),
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@
                          (os_flavors, db_flavors))
         for os_flavor in os_flavors:
             db_flavor =\
-                self.client.get_db_flavor_details(os_flavor['id'])
+                self.client.get_db_flavor_details(os_flavor['id'])['flavor']
             self._check_values(['id', 'name', 'ram'], db_flavor, os_flavor)
             self._check_values(['disk', 'vcpus', 'swap'], db_flavor, os_flavor,
                                in_db=False)
diff --git a/tempest/services/database/json/flavors_client.py b/tempest/services/database/json/flavors_client.py
index 4fe5a46..88feb17 100644
--- a/tempest/services/database/json/flavors_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/database/json/flavors_client.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+from oslo_serialization import jsonutils as json
 import urllib
 
 from tempest.common import service_client
@@ -27,9 +28,11 @@
 
         resp, body = self.get(url)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBodyList(resp, self._parse_resp(body))
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def get_db_flavor_details(self, db_flavor_id):
         resp, body = self.get("flavors/%s" % str(db_flavor_id))
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, self._parse_resp(body))
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)