diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_versions.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_versions.py
index bd0a7d6bd742..ca461b1a004e 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_versions.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_versions.py
@@ -120,9 +120,11 @@ class VersionsTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
         redirect_req = webob.Request.blank('/v2/')
         self.assertEqual(res.location, redirect_req.url)
 
-    def test_get_version_2_detail(self):
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/v2/')
-        req.accept = "application/json"
+    def _test_get_version_2_detail(self, url, accept=None):
+        if accept is None:
+            accept = "application/json"
+        req = webob.Request.blank(url)
+        req.accept = accept
         res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
         self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 200)
         self.assertEqual(res.content_type, "application/json")
@@ -159,44 +161,12 @@ class VersionsTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
         }
         self.assertEqual(expected, version)
 
+    def test_get_version_2_detail(self):
+        self._test_get_version_2_detail('/v2/')
+
     def test_get_version_2_detail_content_type(self):
-        req = webob.Request.blank('/')
-        req.accept = "application/json;version=2"
-        res = req.get_response(fakes.wsgi_app())
-        self.assertEqual(res.status_int, 200)
-        self.assertEqual(res.content_type, "application/json")
-        version = jsonutils.loads(res.body)
-        expected = {
-            "version": {
-                "id": "v2.0",
-                "status": "CURRENT",
-                "updated": "2011-01-21T11:33:21Z",
-                "links": [
-                    {
-                        "rel": "self",
-                        "href": "http://localhost/v2/",
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "rel": "describedby",
-                        "type": "text/html",
-                        "href": EXP_LINKS['v2.0']['html'],
-                    },
-                ],
-                "media-types": [
-                    {
-                        "base": "application/xml",
-                        "type": "application/"
-                                "vnd.openstack.compute+xml;version=2",
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "base": "application/json",
-                        "type": "application/"
-                                "vnd.openstack.compute+json;version=2",
-                    },
-                ],
-            },
-        }
-        self.assertEqual(expected, version)
+        accept = "application/json;version=2"
+        self._test_get_version_2_detail('/', accept=accept)
 
     def test_get_version_2_detail_xml(self):
         req = webob.Request.blank('/v2/')