diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
index b27fb5e..31cd56b 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/servers.py
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
 #    under the License.
 
+import copy
+
 get_password = {
     'status_code': [200],
     'response_body': {
@@ -58,3 +60,5 @@
         'required': ['metadata']
     }
 }
+
+list_server_metadata = copy.deepcopy(set_server_metadata)
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
index 190b831..82ded4c 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/servers_client.py
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
     def list_server_metadata(self, server_id):
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/metadata" % str(server_id))
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.list_server_metadata, resp, body)
         return resp, body['metadata']
 
     def set_server_metadata(self, server_id, meta, no_metadata_field=False):
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
index 7d21ed3..67232a8 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/servers_client.py
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@
     def list_server_metadata(self, server_id):
         resp, body = self.get("servers/%s/metadata" % str(server_id))
         body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.list_server_metadata, resp, body)
         return resp, body['metadata']
 
     def set_server_metadata(self, server_id, meta, no_metadata_field=False):