diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/common-test.mock.js b/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/common-test.mock.js
index b071f67253..e2efd254ea 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/common-test.mock.js
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/common-test.mock.js
@@ -87,7 +87,14 @@
       var innerFunc = promise.catch.calls.argsFor(0)[0];
       expect(innerFunc).toBeDefined();
       spyOn(toastService, 'add');
-      innerFunc({status: 500});
+      var response = {status: 500};
+      if (angular.isDefined(config.throws) && config.throws) {
+        expect(function() {
+          innerFunc(response);
+        }).toThrow(response);
+      } else {
+        innerFunc(response);
+      }
       expect(toastService.add).toHaveBeenCalledWith(config.messageType || 'error', config.error);
     }
   }
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.js b/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.js
index daafd8eadd..d529e605e7 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.js
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.js
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@
           } else {
             toastService.add('error', gettext('Unable to delete the container.'));
           }
+          throw response;
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.spec.js b/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.spec.js
index 06a64908d8..c5df9d4c37 100644
--- a/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.spec.js
+++ b/openstack_dashboard/static/app/core/openstack-service-api/swift.service.spec.js
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@
         method: 'delete',
         path: '/api/swift/containers/spam/metadata/',
         error: 'Unable to delete the container.',
-        testInput: [ 'spam' ]
+        testInput: [ 'spam' ],
+        throws: true
       },
       {
         func: 'setContainerAccess',
@@ -205,7 +206,10 @@
         var innerFunc = promise.catch.calls.argsFor(0)[0];
         // In the case of 409
         var message = 'Unable to delete the container because it is not empty.';
-        innerFunc({data: message, status: 409});
+        var response = {data: message, status: 409};
+        expect(function() {
+          innerFunc(response);
+        }).toThrow(response);
         expect(toastService.add).toHaveBeenCalledWith('error', message);
       }
     );