diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
index a9772c4..c4d5768 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_auto_allocate_network.py
@@ -84,8 +84,7 @@
         nets = cls.networks_client.list_networks(
             **search_opts).get('networks', [])
         if nets:
-            raise lib_excs.TempestException(
-                'Found shared networks: %s' % nets)
+            raise cls.skipException('Found shared networks: %s' % nets)
 
     @classmethod
     def resource_cleanup(cls):