diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py b/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py
index 9cc89a4..db91a21 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_server_multinode.py
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@
             inst = self.create_server(
                 availability_zone='%(zone)s:%(host_name)s' % host)
             server = self.servers_client.show_server(inst['id'])['server']
+            # ensure server is located on the requested host
+            self.assertEqual(host['host_name'], server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'])
             servers.append(server)
 
         # make sure we really have the number of servers we think we should