diff --git a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
index b47b511..a987e03 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/common/rest_client.py
@@ -104,16 +104,18 @@
                                        'location', 'proxy-authenticate',
                                        'retry-after', 'server',
                                        'vary', 'www-authenticate'))
-        dscv = disable_ssl_certificate_validation
+        self.dscv = disable_ssl_certificate_validation
 
         if proxy_url:
             self.http_obj = http.ClosingProxyHttp(
                 proxy_url,
-                disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv, ca_certs=ca_certs,
+                disable_ssl_certificate_validation=self.dscv,
+                ca_certs=ca_certs,
                 timeout=http_timeout, follow_redirects=follow_redirects)
         else:
             self.http_obj = http.ClosingHttp(
-                disable_ssl_certificate_validation=dscv, ca_certs=ca_certs,
+                disable_ssl_certificate_validation=self.dscv,
+                ca_certs=ca_certs,
                 timeout=http_timeout, follow_redirects=follow_redirects)
 
     def get_headers(self, accept_type=None, send_type=None):
diff --git a/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py b/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py
index 383aff6..6970c0a 100644
--- a/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py
+++ b/tempest/lib/services/object_storage/object_client.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
+import ssl
 
 from six.moves import http_client as httplib
 from six.moves.urllib import parse as urlparse
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@
         path = str(parsed.path) + "/"
         path += "%s/%s" % (str(container), str(object_name))
 
-        conn = _create_connection(parsed)
+        conn = self._create_connection(parsed)
         # Send the PUT request and the headers including the "Expect" header
         conn.putrequest('PUT', path)
 
@@ -151,15 +152,21 @@
 
         return resp.status, resp.reason
 
+    def _create_connection(self, parsed_url):
+        """Helper function to create connection with httplib
 
-def _create_connection(parsed_url):
-    """Helper function to create connection with httplib
+        :param parsed_url: parsed url of the remote location
+        """
+        context = None
+        # If CONF.identity.disable_ssl_certificate_validation is true,
+        # do not check ssl certification.
+        if self.dscv:
+            context = ssl._create_unverified_context()
+        if parsed_url.scheme == 'https':
+            conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(parsed_url.netloc,
+                                           context=context)
+        else:
+            conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(parsed_url.netloc,
+                                          context=context)
 
-    :param parsed_url: parsed url of the remote location
-    """
-    if parsed_url.scheme == 'https':
-        conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection(parsed_url.netloc)
-    else:
-        conn = httplib.HTTPConnection(parsed_url.netloc)
-
-    return conn
+        return conn
diff --git a/tempest/tests/lib/services/object_storage/test_object_client.py b/tempest/tests/lib/services/object_storage/test_object_client.py
index c646d61..d6df243 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/lib/services/object_storage/test_object_client.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/lib/services/object_storage/test_object_client.py
@@ -31,15 +31,18 @@
         self.object_client = object_client.ObjectClient(self.fake_auth,
                                                         'swift', 'region1')
 
-    @mock.patch.object(object_client, '_create_connection')
+    @mock.patch('tempest.lib.services.object_storage.object_client.'
+                'ObjectClient._create_connection')
     def test_create_object_continue_no_data(self, mock_poc):
         self._validate_create_object_continue(None, mock_poc)
 
-    @mock.patch.object(object_client, '_create_connection')
+    @mock.patch('tempest.lib.services.object_storage.object_client.'
+                'ObjectClient._create_connection')
     def test_create_object_continue_with_data(self, mock_poc):
         self._validate_create_object_continue('hello', mock_poc)
 
-    @mock.patch.object(object_client, '_create_connection')
+    @mock.patch('tempest.lib.services.object_storage.object_client.'
+                'ObjectClient._create_connection')
     def test_create_continue_with_no_continue_received(self, mock_poc):
         self._validate_create_object_continue('hello', mock_poc,
                                               initial_status=201)