diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas.py
index a3098a5..9611050 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 class AccountQuotasTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
 
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(AccountQuotasTest, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.container_name = data_utils.rand_name(name="TestContainer")
@@ -99,7 +100,8 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        cls.delete_containers([cls.container_name])
+        if hasattr(cls, "container_name"):
+            cls.delete_containers([cls.container_name])
         cls.data.teardown_all()
         super(AccountQuotasTest, cls).tearDownClass()
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas_negative.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas_negative.py
index 7648ea1..64f0fed 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_quotas_negative.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 class AccountQuotasNegativeTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
 
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(AccountQuotasNegativeTest, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.container_name = data_utils.rand_name(name="TestContainer")
@@ -98,7 +99,8 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        cls.delete_containers([cls.container_name])
+        if hasattr(cls, "container_name"):
+            cls.delete_containers([cls.container_name])
         cls.data.teardown_all()
         super(AccountQuotasNegativeTest, cls).tearDownClass()
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
index 4b895d8..7fb0604 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_services.py
@@ -29,10 +29,13 @@
 
 
 class AccountTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
+
+    containers = []
+
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(AccountTest, cls).setUpClass()
-        cls.containers = []
         for i in moves.xrange(ord('a'), ord('f') + 1):
             name = data_utils.rand_name(name='%s-' % chr(i))
             cls.container_client.create_container(name)
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_staticweb.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_staticweb.py
index 6c71340..581c6d9 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_staticweb.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_staticweb.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 class StaticWebTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
 
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(StaticWebTest, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.container_name = data_utils.rand_name(name="TestContainer")
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
-        cls.delete_containers([cls.container_name])
+        if hasattr(cls, "container_name"):
+            cls.delete_containers([cls.container_name])
         cls.data.teardown_all()
         super(StaticWebTest, cls).tearDownClass()
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py
index 9bd986f..6bda83b 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_container_sync.py
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@
 
 
 class ContainerSyncTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
+    clients = {}
 
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ContainerSyncTest, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.containers = []
@@ -50,7 +52,6 @@
             int(container_sync_timeout / cls.container_sync_interval)
 
         # define container and object clients
-        cls.clients = {}
         cls.clients[data_utils.rand_name(name='TestContainerSync')] = \
             (cls.container_client, cls.object_client)
         cls.clients[data_utils.rand_name(name='TestContainerSync')] = \
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost.py
index e0d15ac..f44304f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost.py
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@
 
 class ObjectFormPostTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
 
+    metadata = {}
+    containers = []
+
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ObjectFormPostTest, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.container_name = data_utils.rand_name(name='TestContainer')
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost_negative.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost_negative.py
index a52c248..37d1829 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_formpost_negative.py
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
 
 class ObjectFormPostNegativeTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
 
+    metadata = {}
+    containers = []
+
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ObjectFormPostNegativeTest, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.container_name = data_utils.rand_name(name='TestContainer')
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_temp_url_negative.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_temp_url_negative.py
index cf24f66..7d26433 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_temp_url_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_object_temp_url_negative.py
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
 
 class ObjectTempUrlNegativeTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
 
+    metadata = {}
+    containers = []
+
     @classmethod
+    @test.safe_setup
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ObjectTempUrlNegativeTest, cls).setUpClass()