diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/base.py b/tempest/api/compute/base.py
index 9883c00..d315fcb 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/base.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from tempest.api import compute
 from tempest import clients
 from tempest.common import log as logging
+from tempest.common.utils.data_utils import parse_image_id
 from tempest.common.utils.data_utils import rand_name
 from tempest import exceptions
 import tempest.test
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@
         cls.flavor_ref = cls.config.compute.flavor_ref
         cls.flavor_ref_alt = cls.config.compute.flavor_ref_alt
         cls.servers = []
+        cls.images = []
 
         cls.servers_client_v3_auth = os.servers_client_v3_auth
 
@@ -173,7 +175,18 @@
                 pass
 
     @classmethod
+    def clear_images(cls):
+        for image_id in cls.images:
+            try:
+                cls.images_client.delete_image(image_id)
+            except Exception as exc:
+                LOG.info('Exception raised deleting image %s', image_id)
+                LOG.exception(exc)
+                pass
+
+    @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
+        cls.clear_images()
         cls.clear_servers()
         cls.clear_isolated_creds()
 
@@ -196,6 +209,25 @@
 
         return resp, server
 
+    @classmethod
+    def create_image_from_server(cls, server_id, **kwargs):
+        """Wrapper utility that returns a test server."""
+        name = rand_name(cls.__name__ + "-image")
+        if 'name' in kwargs:
+            name = kwargs.pop('name')
+
+        resp, image = cls.images_client.create_image(
+            server_id, name)
+        image_id = parse_image_id(resp['location'])
+        cls.images.append(image_id)
+
+        if 'wait_until' in kwargs:
+            cls.images_client.wait_for_image_status(image_id,
+                                                    kwargs['wait_until'])
+            resp, image = cls.images_client.get_image(image_id)
+
+        return resp, image
+
     def wait_for(self, condition):
         """Repeatedly calls condition() until a timeout."""
         start_time = int(time.time())
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
index 9db28ad..5c6b630 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/images/test_list_image_filters.py
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@
 #    under the License.
 
 from tempest.api.compute import base
+from tempest.common import log as logging
 from tempest.common.utils.data_utils import parse_image_id
-from tempest.common.utils.data_utils import rand_name
 from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.test import attr
 
 
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class ListImageFiltersTestJSON(base.BaseComputeTest):
     _interface = 'json'
 
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ListImageFiltersTestJSON, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.client = cls.images_client
+        cls.image_ids = []
 
         try:
             resp, cls.server1 = cls.create_server()
@@ -38,9 +42,7 @@
                                                       'ACTIVE')
 
             # Create images to be used in the filter tests
-            image1_name = rand_name('image')
-            resp, body = cls.client.create_image(cls.server1['id'],
-                                                 image1_name)
+            resp, body = cls.create_image_from_server(cls.server1['id'])
             cls.image1_id = parse_image_id(resp['location'])
             cls.client.wait_for_image_resp_code(cls.image1_id, 200)
             cls.client.wait_for_image_status(cls.image1_id, 'ACTIVE')
@@ -49,35 +51,23 @@
             # Servers have a hidden property for when they are being imaged
             # Performing back-to-back create image calls on a single
             # server will sometimes cause failures
-            image3_name = rand_name('image')
-            resp, body = cls.client.create_image(cls.server2['id'],
-                                                 image3_name)
+            resp, body = cls.create_image_from_server(cls.server2['id'])
             cls.image3_id = parse_image_id(resp['location'])
             cls.client.wait_for_image_resp_code(cls.image3_id, 200)
             cls.client.wait_for_image_status(cls.image3_id, 'ACTIVE')
             resp, cls.image3 = cls.client.get_image(cls.image3_id)
 
-            image2_name = rand_name('image')
-            resp, body = cls.client.create_image(cls.server1['id'],
-                                                 image2_name)
+            resp, body = cls.create_image_from_server(cls.server1['id'])
             cls.image2_id = parse_image_id(resp['location'])
             cls.client.wait_for_image_resp_code(cls.image2_id, 200)
+
             cls.client.wait_for_image_status(cls.image2_id, 'ACTIVE')
             resp, cls.image2 = cls.client.get_image(cls.image2_id)
-        except Exception:
-            cls.clear_servers()
-            cls.client.delete_image(cls.image1_id)
-            cls.client.delete_image(cls.image2_id)
-            cls.client.delete_image(cls.image3_id)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            LOG.exception(exc)
+            cls.tearDownClass()
             raise
 
-    @classmethod
-    def tearDownClass(cls):
-        cls.client.delete_image(cls.image1_id)
-        cls.client.delete_image(cls.image2_id)
-        cls.client.delete_image(cls.image3_id)
-        super(ListImageFiltersTestJSON, cls).tearDownClass()
-
     @attr(type=['negative', 'gate'])
     def test_get_image_not_existing(self):
         # Check raises a NotFound