diff --git a/tempest/tests/test_test.py b/tempest/tests/test_test.py
index a2e0efd..49fd010 100644
--- a/tempest/tests/test_test.py
+++ b/tempest/tests/test_test.py
@@ -531,8 +531,8 @@
     def test_skip_only(self):
         # If a skip condition is hit in the test, no credentials or resource
         # is provisioned / cleaned-up
-        exc, _ = test.BaseTestCase.handle_skip_exception()
-        self.mocks['skip_checks'].side_effect = (exc)
+        self.mocks['skip_checks'].side_effect = (
+            testtools.TestCase.skipException())
         suite = unittest.TestSuite((self.test,))
         log = []
         result = LoggingTestResult(log)