diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py
index 79777d0..4360586 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_servers.py
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@
         super(ServersAdminTestJSON, cls).resource_setup()
 
         cls.s1_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-server')
-        server = cls.create_test_server(name=cls.s1_name,
-                                        wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        server = cls.create_test_server(name=cls.s1_name)
         cls.s1_id = server['id']
 
         cls.s2_name = data_utils.rand_name(cls.__name__ + '-server')
         server = cls.create_test_server(name=cls.s2_name,
                                         wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.s2_id = server['id']
+        waiters.wait_for_server_status(cls.non_admin_client,
+                                       cls.s1_id, 'ACTIVE')
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('06f960bb-15bb-48dc-873d-f96e89be7870')
     def test_list_servers_filter_by_error_status(self):
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py
index 3010caf..2e3d2bb 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_list_servers_negative.py
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@
         # servers are cleaned up automatically in the
         # tearDownClass method of the super-class.
         cls.deleted_fixtures = []
-        for _ in range(2):
-            srv = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE', min_count=2)
 
         srv = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
         cls.client.delete_server(srv['id'])