diff --git a/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/base.py b/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/base.py
index e7fe8b5c4..f6538c7f2 100644
--- a/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/base.py
+++ b/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/base.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 from six.moves.urllib import request as urllib2
 from tempest.common import waiters
 from tempest import config
-from tempest import exceptions
 from tempest.lib.common.utils import test_utils
 from tempest.lib import exceptions as lib_exc
 from tempest import test
@@ -521,7 +520,7 @@ def try_connect(check_ip, port):
             if (time.time() - start) > timeout:
                 message = ("Timed out trying to connect to {0}:{1} after "
                            "{2} seconds".format(check_ip, port, timeout))
-                raise exceptions.TimeoutException(message)
+                raise lib_exc.TimeoutException(message)
 
     def _send_requests(self, vip_ip, servers):
         counters = dict.fromkeys(servers, 0)
diff --git a/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/manager.py b/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/manager.py
index 09d5027bd..7b77e030b 100644
--- a/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/neutron_lbaas/tests/tempest/v2/scenario/manager.py
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ def ping():
                       'should_succeed':
                       'reachable' if should_succeed else 'unreachable'
                   })
-        result = test_utils.call_until_true(ping, timeout, 1)
+        result = tempest.test.call_until_true(ping, timeout, 1)
         LOG.debug('%(caller)s finishes ping %(ip)s in %(timeout)s sec and the '
                   'ping result is %(result)s', {
                       'caller': caller, 'ip': ip_address, 'timeout': timeout,
@@ -887,9 +887,9 @@ def refresh():
                       show_floatingip(floatingip_id)['floatingip'])
             return status == result['status']
 
-        test_utils.call_until_true(refresh,
-                                   CONF.network.build_timeout,
-                                   CONF.network.build_interval)
+        tempest.test.call_until_true(refresh,
+                                     CONF.network.build_timeout,
+                                     CONF.network.build_interval)
         floating_ip = self.floating_ips_client.show_floatingip(
             floatingip_id)['floatingip']
         self.assertEqual(status, floating_ip['status'],
@@ -944,9 +944,9 @@ def ping_remote():
                 return not should_succeed
             return should_succeed
 
-        return test_utils.call_until_true(ping_remote,
-                                          CONF.validation.ping_timeout,
-                                          1)
+        return tempest.test.call_until_true(ping_remote,
+                                            CONF.validation.ping_timeout,
+                                            1)
 
     def _create_security_group(self, security_group_rules_client=None,
                                tenant_id=None,