diff --git a/cinder/context.py b/cinder/context.py
index 05b5396f7ae..2e077d79fdb 100644
--- a/cinder/context.py
+++ b/cinder/context.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class RequestContext(object):
         if service_catalog:
             # Only include required parts of service_catalog
             self.service_catalog = [s for s in service_catalog
-                                    if s.get('type') in ('compute')]
+                                    if s.get('type') in ('compute',)]
         else:
             # if list is empty or none
             self.service_catalog = []
diff --git a/cinder/tests/test_context.py b/cinder/tests/test_context.py
index 46722d91f23..48323c7a9b2 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/test_context.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/test_context.py
@@ -70,3 +70,20 @@ class ContextTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(c)
         self.assertIn("'extra_arg1': 'meow'", info['log_msg'])
         self.assertIn("'extra_arg2': 'wuff'", info['log_msg'])
+
+    def test_service_catalog_nova_only(self):
+        service_catalog = [
+            {u'type': u'compute', u'name': u'nova'},
+            {u'type': u's3', u'name': u's3'},
+            {u'type': u'image', u'name': u'glance'},
+            {u'type': u'volume', u'name': u'cinder'},
+            {u'type': u'ec2', u'name': u'ec2'},
+            {u'type': u'object-store', u'name': u'swift'},
+            {u'type': u'identity', u'name': u'keystone'},
+            {u'type': None, u'name': u'S_withtypeNone'},
+            {u'type': u'co', u'name': u'S_partofcompute'}]
+
+        compute_catalog = [{u'type': u'compute', u'name': u'nova'}]
+        ctxt = context.RequestContext('111', '222',
+                                      service_catalog=service_catalog)
+        self.assertEquals(ctxt.service_catalog, compute_catalog)