diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_live_migration.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_live_migration.py
index 3f1bdce..256a267 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_live_migration.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_live_migration.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
     @testtools.skipUnless(CONF.compute_feature_enabled.serial_console,
                           'Serial console not supported.')
     @testtools.skipUnless(
-        test.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter"),
+        compute.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter"),
         'DifferentHostFilter is not available.')
     def test_live_migration_serial_console(self):
         """Test the live-migration of an instance which has a serial console
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_on_multinodes.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_on_multinodes.py
index 858998a..72f4ddc 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_on_multinodes.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers_on_multinodes.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
+from tempest.common import compute
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib import decorators
-from tempest import test
 
 CONF = config.CONF
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('26a9d5df-6890-45f2-abc4-a659290cb130')
     @testtools.skipUnless(
-        test.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("SameHostFilter"),
+        compute.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("SameHostFilter"),
         'SameHostFilter is not available.')
     def test_create_servers_on_same_host(self):
         hints = {'same_host': self.server01}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('cc7ca884-6e3e-42a3-a92f-c522fcf25e8e')
     @testtools.skipUnless(
-        test.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter"),
+        compute.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter"),
         'DifferentHostFilter is not available.')
     def test_create_servers_on_different_hosts(self):
         hints = {'different_host': self.server01}
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('7869cc84-d661-4e14-9f00-c18cdc89cf57')
     @testtools.skipUnless(
-        test.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter"),
+        compute.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter"),
         'DifferentHostFilter is not available.')
     def test_create_servers_on_different_hosts_with_list_of_servers(self):
         # This scheduler-hint supports list of servers also.
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
index aa5c43d..b727ddd 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_create_server.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 import testtools
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
+from tempest.common import compute
 from tempest.common.utils.linux import remote_client
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('ed20d3fb-9d1f-4329-b160-543fbd5d9811')
     @testtools.skipUnless(
-        test.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("ServerGroupAffinityFilter"),
+        compute.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("ServerGroupAffinityFilter"),
         'ServerGroupAffinityFilter is not available.')
     def test_create_server_with_scheduler_hint_group(self):
         # Create a server with the scheduler hint "group".
diff --git a/tempest/common/compute.py b/tempest/common/compute.py
index e3fbfb8..47196ec 100644
--- a/tempest/common/compute.py
+++ b/tempest/common/compute.py
@@ -41,6 +41,27 @@
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def is_scheduler_filter_enabled(filter_name):
+    """Check the list of enabled compute scheduler filters from config.
+
+    This function checks whether the given compute scheduler filter is
+    available and configured in the config file. If the
+    scheduler_available_filters option is set to 'all' (Default value. which
+    means default filters are configured in nova) in tempest.conf then, this
+    function returns True with assumption that requested filter 'filter_name'
+    is one of available filter in nova ("nova.scheduler.filters.all_filters").
+    """
+
+    filters = CONF.compute_feature_enabled.scheduler_available_filters
+    if not filters:
+        return False
+    if 'all' in filters:
+        return True
+    if filter_name in filters:
+        return True
+    return False
+
+
 def create_test_server(clients, validatable=False, validation_resources=None,
                        tenant_network=None, wait_until=None,
                        volume_backed=False, name=None, flavor=None,
diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py b/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
index 41c60f1..51716e8 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_security_groups_basic_ops.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 from oslo_log import log
 import testtools
 
+from tempest.common import compute
 from tempest.common.utils import net_info
 from tempest import config
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import data_utils
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@
         super(TestSecurityGroupsBasicOps, cls).resource_setup()
 
         cls.multi_node = CONF.compute.min_compute_nodes > 1 and \
-            test.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter")
+            compute.is_scheduler_filter_enabled("DifferentHostFilter")
         if cls.multi_node:
             LOG.info("Working in Multi Node mode")
         else:
diff --git a/tempest/test.py b/tempest/test.py
index 317c0a7..3c1b5d0 100644
--- a/tempest/test.py
+++ b/tempest/test.py
@@ -144,27 +144,6 @@
     return False
 
 
-def is_scheduler_filter_enabled(filter_name):
-    """Check the list of enabled compute scheduler filters from config.
-
-    This function checks whether the given compute scheduler filter is
-    available and configured in the config file. If the
-    scheduler_available_filters option is set to 'all' (Default value. which
-    means default filters are configured in nova) in tempest.conf then, this
-    function returns True with assumption that requested filter 'filter_name'
-    is one of available filter in nova ("nova.scheduler.filters.all_filters").
-    """
-
-    filters = CONF.compute_feature_enabled.scheduler_available_filters
-    if not filters:
-        return False
-    if 'all' in filters:
-        return True
-    if filter_name in filters:
-        return True
-    return False
-
-
 at_exit_set = set()