diff --git a/keystone/revoke/backends/sql.py b/keystone/revoke/backends/sql.py
index 5f0f8b3a7d..bb23d7b300 100644
--- a/keystone/revoke/backends/sql.py
+++ b/keystone/revoke/backends/sql.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ from keystone.common import sql
 from keystone.models import revoke_model
 from keystone.revoke.backends import base
 
+from oslo_db import api as oslo_db_api
+
 
 class RevocationEvent(sql.ModelBase, sql.ModelDictMixin):
     __tablename__ = 'revocation_event'
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ class Revoke(base.RevokeDriverV8):
 
             return events
 
+    @oslo_db_api.wrap_db_retry(retry_on_deadlock=True)
     def revoke(self, event):
         kwargs = dict()
         for attr in revoke_model.REVOKE_KEYS:
diff --git a/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_os_revoke.py b/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_os_revoke.py
index d735300e61..082d8d1c4f 100644
--- a/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_os_revoke.py
+++ b/keystone/tests/unit/test_v3_os_revoke.py
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
 # under the License.
 
 import datetime
+import mock
 import uuid
 
 import freezegun
+from oslo_db import exception as oslo_db_exception
 from oslo_utils import timeutils
 import six
 from six.moves import http_client
@@ -165,3 +167,41 @@ class OSRevokeTests(test_v3.RestfulTestCase, test_v3.JsonHomeTestMixin):
         # `OS-OAUTH1:access_token_id` is None and won't be returned to
         # end user.
         self.assertNotIn('OS-OAUTH1:access_token_id', event)
+
+    def test_retries_on_deadlock(self):
+        patcher = mock.patch('sqlalchemy.orm.query.Query.delete',
+                             autospec=True)
+
+        # NOTE(mnikolaenko): raise 2 deadlocks and back to normal work of
+        # method. Two attempts is enough to check that retry decorator works.
+        # Otherwise it will take very much time to pass this test
+        class FakeDeadlock(object):
+            def __init__(self, mock_patcher):
+                self.deadlock_count = 2
+                self.mock_patcher = mock_patcher
+                self.patched = True
+
+            def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+                if self.deadlock_count > 1:
+                    self.deadlock_count -= 1
+                else:
+                    self.mock_patcher.stop()
+                    self.patched = False
+                raise oslo_db_exception.DBDeadlock
+
+        sql_delete_mock = patcher.start()
+        side_effect = FakeDeadlock(patcher)
+        sql_delete_mock.side_effect = side_effect
+
+        try:
+            self.revoke_api.revoke(revoke_model.RevokeEvent(
+                user_id=uuid.uuid4().hex))
+        finally:
+            if side_effect.patched:
+                patcher.stop()
+
+        call_count = sql_delete_mock.call_count
+
+        # initial attempt + 1 retry
+        revoke_attempt_count = 2
+        self.assertEqual(call_count, revoke_attempt_count)