diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
index c7f0b23..4163245 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
         # Verify the image was deleted correctly
         resp, body = self.client.delete_image(image_id)
         self.assertEqual('204', resp['status'])
-        self.assertRaises(exceptions.NotFound, self.client.get_image, image_id)
+        self.client.wait_for_resource_deletion(image_id)
 
     @testtools.skipUnless(compute.MULTI_USER,
                           'Need multiple users for this test.')
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
index 376dafc..b13d0f1 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
@@ -150,3 +150,10 @@
         resp, body = self.delete("images/%s/metadata/%s" %
                                  (str(image_id), key))
         return resp, body
+
+    def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
+        try:
+            self.get_image(id)
+        except exceptions.NotFound:
+            return True
+        return False
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py
index c7e337b..cc13aa1 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/images_client.py
@@ -226,3 +226,10 @@
         """Deletes a single image metadata key/value pair."""
         return self.delete("images/%s/metadata/%s" % (str(image_id), key),
                            self.headers)
+
+    def is_resource_deleted(self, id):
+        try:
+            self.get_image(id)
+        except exceptions.NotFound:
+            return True
+        return False