diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py
index b6d95eeae7a2..c2670545dd54 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ class ServersController(wsgi.Controller):
                 exception.NetworkRequiresSubnet,
                 exception.NetworkNotFound,
                 exception.NetworkDuplicated,
+                exception.InvalidBDM,
                 exception.InvalidBDMSnapshot,
                 exception.InvalidBDMVolume,
                 exception.InvalidBDMImage,
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_serversV21.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_serversV21.py
index b7bcc3fe6d4a..2a61dccf51c6 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_serversV21.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_serversV21.py
@@ -3243,6 +3243,13 @@ class ServersControllerCreateTest(test.TestCase):
                           self.controller.create,
                           self.req, body=self.body)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(compute_api.API, 'create',
+                       side_effect=exception.InvalidBDM)
+    def test_create_instance_raise_invalid_bdm(self, mock_create):
+        self.assertRaises(webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest,
+                          self.controller.create,
+                          self.req, body=self.body)
+
     @mock.patch.object(compute_api.API, 'create',
                        side_effect=exception.ImageBadRequest(
                         image_id='dummy', response='dummy'))