diff --git a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
index 41593c6..dae31a6 100644
--- a/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
+++ b/tempest/api_schema/compute/v2/images.py
@@ -90,3 +90,11 @@
         'required': ['images']
     }
 }
+
+create_image = {
+    'status_code': [202]
+}
+
+delete = {
+    'status_code': [204]
+}
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
index 2f128f2..bfa65df 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/images_client.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         post_body = json.dumps(post_body)
         resp, body = self.post('servers/%s/action' % str(server_id),
                                post_body)
+        self.validate_response(schema.create_image, resp, body)
         return resp, body
 
     def list_images(self, params=None):
@@ -81,7 +82,9 @@
 
     def delete_image(self, image_id):
         """Deletes the provided image."""
-        return self.delete("images/%s" % str(image_id))
+        resp, body = self.delete("images/%s" % str(image_id))
+        self.validate_response(schema.delete, resp, body)
+        return resp, body
 
     def wait_for_image_status(self, image_id, status):
         """Waits for an image to reach a given status."""
@@ -125,6 +128,7 @@
         """Deletes a single image metadata key/value pair."""
         resp, body = self.delete("images/%s/metadata/%s" %
                                  (str(image_id), key))
+        self.validate_response(schema.delete, resp, body)
         return resp, body
 
     def is_resource_deleted(self, id):