diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py b/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py
index 860dd5b..d2a18a1 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/xml/common.py
@@ -99,7 +99,15 @@
         return self.__content
 
 
-def xml_to_json(node):
+def parse_array(node, plurals=None):
+    array = []
+    for child in node.getchildren():
+        array.append(xml_to_json(child,
+                     plurals))
+    return array
+
+
+def xml_to_json(node, plurals=None):
     """This does a really braindead conversion of an XML tree to
     something that looks like a json dump. In cases where the XML
     and json structures are the same, then this "just works". In
@@ -115,7 +123,10 @@
         tag = child.tag
         if tag.startswith("{"):
             ns, tag = tag.split("}", 1)
-        json[tag] = xml_to_json(child)
+        if plurals is not None and tag in plurals:
+                json[tag] = parse_array(child)
+        else:
+            json[tag] = xml_to_json(child)
     return json
 
 
diff --git a/tempest/services/network/network_client_base.py b/tempest/services/network/network_client_base.py
index b48dd34..45ea2d6 100644
--- a/tempest/services/network/network_client_base.py
+++ b/tempest/services/network/network_client_base.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 import urllib
 
-# the folliwing map is used to construct proper URI
+# the following map is used to construct proper URI
 # for the given neutron resource
 service_resource_prefix_map = {
     'networks': '',
diff --git a/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py b/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py
index a999e31..155fa35 100644
--- a/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/network/xml/network_client.py
@@ -19,19 +19,24 @@
 from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import deep_dict_to_xml
 from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Document
 from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import Element
+from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import parse_array
 from tempest.services.compute.xml.common import xml_to_json
 from tempest.services.network import network_client_base as client_base
 
 
 class NetworkClientXML(client_base.NetworkClientBase):
 
+    # list of plurals used for xml serialization
+    PLURALS = ['dns_nameservers', 'host_routes', 'allocation_pools',
+               'fixed_ips', 'extensions']
+
     def get_rest_client(self, config, username, password,
                         auth_url, tenant_name=None):
         return RestClientXML(config, username, password,
                              auth_url, tenant_name)
 
     def deserialize_list(self, body):
-        return self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
+        return parse_array(etree.fromstring(body), self.PLURALS)
 
     def deserialize_single(self, body):
         return _root_tag_fetcher_and_xml_to_json_parse(body)
@@ -54,7 +59,7 @@
                 p1.append(p2)
                 post_body.append(p1)
         resp, body = self.post(uri, str(Document(post_body)))
-        networks = self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
+        networks = parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
         networks = {"networks": networks}
         return resp, networks
 
@@ -83,12 +88,6 @@
         body = _root_tag_fetcher_and_xml_to_json_parse(body)
         return resp, body
 
-    def _parse_array(self, node):
-        array = []
-        for child in node.getchildren():
-            array.append(xml_to_json(child))
-        return array
-
     def update_port(self, port_id, name):
         uri = '%s/ports/%s' % (self.uri_prefix, str(port_id))
         port = Element("port")
@@ -151,7 +150,7 @@
                 p1.append(p2)
             post_body.append(p1)
         resp, body = self.post(uri, str(Document(post_body)))
-        subnets = self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
+        subnets = parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
         subnets = {"subnets": subnets}
         return resp, subnets
 
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@
                 p1.append(p2)
             post_body.append(p1)
         resp, body = self.post(uri, str(Document(post_body)))
-        ports = self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
+        ports = parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
         ports = {"ports": ports}
         return resp, ports
 
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@
     def list_router_interfaces(self, uuid):
         uri = '%s/ports?device_id=%s' % (self.uri_prefix, uuid)
         resp, body = self.get(uri)
-        ports = self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
+        ports = parse_array(etree.fromstring(body), self.PLURALS)
         ports = {"ports": ports}
         return resp, ports
 
@@ -395,14 +394,14 @@
     def list_dhcp_agent_hosting_network(self, network_id):
         uri = '%s/networks/%s/dhcp-agents' % (self.uri_prefix, network_id)
         resp, body = self.get(uri)
-        agents = self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
+        agents = parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
         body = {'agents': agents}
         return resp, body
 
     def list_networks_hosted_by_one_dhcp_agent(self, agent_id):
         uri = '%s/agents/%s/dhcp-networks' % (self.uri_prefix, agent_id)
         resp, body = self.get(uri)
-        networks = self._parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
+        networks = parse_array(etree.fromstring(body))
         body = {'networks': networks}
         return resp, body
 
@@ -418,7 +417,8 @@
     root_tag = body.tag
     if root_tag.startswith("{"):
         ns, root_tag = root_tag.split("}", 1)
-    body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(xml_returned_body))
+    body = xml_to_json(etree.fromstring(xml_returned_body),
+                       NetworkClientXML.PLURALS)
     nil = '{http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance}nil'
     for key, val in body.iteritems():
         if isinstance(val, dict):