diff --git a/nova/compute/utils.py b/nova/compute/utils.py
index 192c033eea..99e86c256a 100644
--- a/nova/compute/utils.py
+++ b/nova/compute/utils.py
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@ def get_image_metadata(context, image_api, image_id_or_uri, instance):
     # If the base image is still available, get its metadata
     try:
         image = image_api.get(context, image_id_or_uri)
-    except Exception as e:
+    except (exception.ImageNotAuthorized,
+            exception.ImageNotFound,
+            exception.Invalid) as e:
         LOG.warning(_("Can't access image %(image_id)s: %(error)s"),
                     {"image_id": image_id_or_uri, "error": e},
                     instance=instance)
diff --git a/nova/tests/compute/test_compute_utils.py b/nova/tests/compute/test_compute_utils.py
index 141e167a6d..b35d768224 100644
--- a/nova/tests/compute/test_compute_utils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/compute/test_compute_utils.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import string
 
 import mock
 from oslo.config import cfg
+import testtools
 
 from nova.compute import flavors
 from nova.compute import power_state
@@ -668,9 +669,8 @@ class ComputeGetImageMetadataTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.image['properties'] = 'DONTCARE'
         self.assertThat(self.image, matchers.DictMatches(image_meta))
 
-    def test_get_image_meta_no_image(self):
-        e = exception.ImageNotFound(image_id='fake-image')
-        self.mock_image_api.get.side_effect = e
+    def _test_get_image_meta_exception(self, error):
+        self.mock_image_api.get.side_effect = error
 
         image_meta = compute_utils.get_image_metadata(
             self.ctx, self.mock_image_api, 'fake-image', self.instance_obj)
@@ -681,6 +681,23 @@ class ComputeGetImageMetadataTestCase(test.TestCase):
             self.image[key] = str(self.image[key])
         self.assertThat(self.image, matchers.DictMatches(image_meta))
 
+    def test_get_image_meta_no_image(self):
+        error = exception.ImageNotFound(image_id='fake-image')
+        self._test_get_image_meta_exception(error)
+
+    def test_get_image_meta_not_authorized(self):
+        error = exception.ImageNotAuthorized(image_id='fake-image')
+        self._test_get_image_meta_exception(error)
+
+    def test_get_image_meta_bad_request(self):
+        error = exception.Invalid()
+        self._test_get_image_meta_exception(error)
+
+    def test_get_image_meta_unexpected_exception(self):
+        error = test.TestingException()
+        with testtools.ExpectedException(test.TestingException):
+            self._test_get_image_meta_exception(error)
+
     def test_get_image_meta_no_image_system_meta(self):
         for k in self.instance['system_metadata'].keys():
             if k.startswith('image_'):