diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py
index 2d27b81..b8a4304 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_images_oneserver_negative.py
@@ -86,11 +86,15 @@
     @skip_because(bug="1006725")
     @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_create_image_specify_multibyte_character_image_name(self):
-        # Return an error if the image name has multi-byte characters
-        snapshot_name = data_utils.rand_name('\xef\xbb\xbf')
+        if self.__class__._interface == "xml":
+            raise self.skipException("Not testable in XML")
+        # invalid multibyte sequence from:
+        # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1301402/
+        #     example-invalid-utf8-string
+        invalid_name = data_utils.rand_name(u'\xc3\x28')
         self.assertRaises(exceptions.BadRequest,
                           self.client.create_image, self.server_id,
-                          snapshot_name)
+                          invalid_name)
 
     @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_create_image_specify_invalid_metadata(self):