diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py
index 0e0ebc79e11..8fb86873fac 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/volume/drivers/solidfire/test_solidfire.py
@@ -179,10 +179,7 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
                               'name': self.fake_sfsnap_name,
                               'volumeID': 6}]
 
-    def fake_init_cluster_pairs(*args, **kwargs):
-        return None
-
-    def fake_issue_api_request(obj, method, params, version='1.0',
+    def fake_issue_api_request(self, method, params, version='1.0',
                                endpoint=None):
         if method is 'GetClusterCapacity':
             data = {}
@@ -385,7 +382,7 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
             # Crap, unimplemented API call in Fake
             return None
 
-    def fake_issue_api_request_fails(obj, method,
+    def fake_issue_api_request_fails(self, method,
                                      params, version='1.0',
                                      endpoint=None):
         response = {'error': {'code': 000,
@@ -401,7 +398,7 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
                 'maxIOPS': 1000,
                 'burstIOPS': 1000}
 
-    def fake_volume_get(obj, key, default=None):
+    def fake_volume_get(self, key, default=None):
         return {'qos': 'fast'}
 
     def fake_update_cluster_status(self):
@@ -1018,7 +1015,7 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
                               return_value=fake_no_volumes):
             sfv.delete_snapshot(testsnap)
 
-    def fake_ext_qos_issue_api_request(obj, method, params, version='1.0',
+    def fake_ext_qos_issue_api_request(self, method, params, version='1.0',
                                        endpoint=None):
         EXPECTED_SIZE = 2 << 30  # 2147483648 size + increase
 
@@ -1030,12 +1027,12 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
             if params.get('totalSize', None) != EXPECTED_SIZE:
                 msg = ('Error (%s) encountered during '
                        'SolidFire API call.' % response['error']['name'])
-                raise exception.SolidFireAPIException(message=msg)
+                raise solidfire.SolidFireAPIException(message=msg)
 
             if params.get('qos', None) != SolidFireVolumeTestCase.EXPECTED_QOS:
                 msg = ('Error (%s) encountered during '
                        'SolidFire API call.' % response['error']['name'])
-                raise exception.SolidFireAPIException(message=msg)
+                raise solidfire.SolidFireAPIException(message=msg)
 
             return {'result': {}, 'id': 1}
 
@@ -1182,7 +1179,9 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
         sfv.active_cluster['svip'] = self.svip
 
         mock_issue_api_request.reset_mock()
+        # pylint: disable=assignment-from-no-return
         updates = sfv.extend_volume(vol, vol.size + 10)
+        # pylint: enable=assignment-from-no-return
         self.assertIsNone(updates)
 
         modify_params = {
@@ -1732,7 +1731,14 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
                             'username': 'prefix-testprjid'}]
 
         def _fake_do_v_create(project_id, params):
-            return project_id, params
+            cvol = {
+                'name': 'UUID-a720b3c0-d1f0-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66',
+                'attributes': {
+                    'uuid': 'a720b3c0-d1f0-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66',
+                    'migration_uuid': 'b830b3c0-d1f0-11e1-9b23-1900200c9a77'
+                }
+            }
+            return cvol
 
         sfv = solidfire.SolidFireDriver(configuration=self.configuration)
         with mock.patch.object(sfv,
@@ -1745,7 +1751,7 @@ class SolidFireVolumeTestCase(test.TestCase):
                                   '_do_volume_create',
                                   side_effect=_fake_do_v_create):
 
-            project_id, sf_vol_object = sfv.create_volume(testvol)
+            sf_vol_object = sfv.create_volume(testvol)
             self.assertEqual('a720b3c0-d1f0-11e1-9b23-0800200c9a66',
                              sf_vol_object['attributes']['uuid'])
             self.assertEqual('b830b3c0-d1f0-11e1-9b23-1900200c9a77',
diff --git a/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py b/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py
index 40c26fbb862..a9a72f32aeb 100644
--- a/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py
+++ b/cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ from oslo_utils import excutils
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 from oslo_utils import units
 import requests
-from requests.packages.urllib3 import exceptions
 import six
 
 from cinder import context
@@ -592,7 +591,9 @@ class SolidFireDriver(san.SanISCSIDriver):
         payload = {'method': method, 'params': params}
         url = '%s/json-rpc/%s/' % (endpoint['url'], version)
         with warnings.catch_warnings():
-            warnings.simplefilter("ignore", exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
+            warnings.simplefilter(
+                "ignore",
+                requests.packages.urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
             req = requests.post(url,
                                 data=json.dumps(payload),
                                 auth=(endpoint['login'], endpoint['passwd']),
@@ -2485,13 +2486,11 @@ class SolidFireDriver(san.SanISCSIDriver):
                     LOG.debug("Updates for volume: %(id)s %(updates)s",
                               {'id': v.id, 'updates': vol_updates})
 
-                except Exception as e:
+                except Exception:
                     volume_updates.append({'volume_id': v['id'],
                                            'updates': {'status': 'error', }})
-                    LOG.error("Error trying to failover volume %s", v.id)
-                    msg = e.message if hasattr(e, 'message') else e
-                    LOG.exception(msg)
-
+                    LOG.exception("Error trying to failover volume %s.",
+                                  v['id'])
             else:
                 volume_updates.append({'volume_id': v['id'],
                                        'updates': {'status': 'error', }})