diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_ec2_credentials.py b/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_ec2_credentials.py
index 17963b8..763d8de 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_ec2_credentials.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_ec2_credentials.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 
         ec2_creds = self.non_admin_client.show_user_ec2_credentials(
             self.creds.credentials.user_id, resp['access']
-        )
+        )["credential"]
         for key in ['access', 'secret', 'user_id', 'tenant_id']:
             self.assertEqual(ec2_creds[key], resp[key])
 
diff --git a/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_users.py b/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_users.py
index 4e5b41d..3b89b66 100644
--- a/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_users.py
+++ b/tempest/api/identity/v2/test_users.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 
         # user updates own password
         resp = self.non_admin_client.update_user_own_password(
-            user_id=user_id, new_pass=new_pass, old_pass=old_pass)
+            user_id=user_id, new_pass=new_pass, old_pass=old_pass)['access']
 
         # check authorization with new token
         self.non_admin_token_client.auth_token(resp['token']['id'])
diff --git a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/identity_client.py b/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/identity_client.py
index cf4c546..f37bc08 100644
--- a/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/identity_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/identity/v2/json/identity_client.py
@@ -327,7 +327,8 @@
         patch_body = json.dumps({'user': patch_body})
         resp, body = self.patch('OS-KSCRUD/users/%s' % user_id, patch_body)
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, self._parse_resp(body))
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)
 
     def list_extensions(self):
         """List all the extensions."""
@@ -360,4 +361,5 @@
         resp, body = self.get('/users/%s/credentials/OS-EC2/%s' %
                               (user_id, access))
         self.expected_success(200, resp.status)
-        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, self._parse_resp(body))
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        return service_client.ResponseBody(resp, body)