diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/vmwareapi/test_vmops.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/vmwareapi/test_vmops.py
index f1d2c83d4c3d..b3fee86f2f60 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/vmwareapi/test_vmops.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/vmwareapi/test_vmops.py
@@ -967,6 +967,12 @@ class VMwareVMOpsTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         self.flags(flat_injected=False)
         self.flags(enabled=False, group='vnc')
 
+        mock_vi = mock.Mock()
+        mock_vi.root_gb = 1
+        mock_vi.ii.file_size = 2 * units.Gi
+        mock_vi.instance.flavor.root_gb = 1
+        mock_get_vm_config_info.return_value = mock_vi
+
         # Call spawn(). We don't care what it does as long as it generates
         # the log message, which we check below.
         with mock.patch.object(self._vmops, '_volumeops') as mock_vo:
diff --git a/nova/virt/vmwareapi/images.py b/nova/virt/vmwareapi/images.py
index 9cd4794c891f..99beeaab8923 100644
--- a/nova/virt/vmwareapi/images.py
+++ b/nova/virt/vmwareapi/images.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from lxml import etree
 from oslo_config import cfg
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_service import loopingcall
+from oslo_utils import encodeutils
 from oslo_utils import strutils
 from oslo_utils import units
 from oslo_vmware import rw_handles
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ def fetch_image_stream_optimized(context, instance, session, vm_name,
 def get_vmdk_name_from_ovf(xmlstr):
     """Parse the OVA descriptor to extract the vmdk name."""
 
-    ovf = etree.fromstring(xmlstr)
+    ovf = etree.fromstring(encodeutils.safe_encode(xmlstr))
     nsovf = "{%s}" % ovf.nsmap["ovf"]
 
     disk = ovf.find("./%sDiskSection/%sDisk" % (nsovf, nsovf))
diff --git a/tests-py3.txt b/tests-py3.txt
index a80fba0d7557..72a68da78260 100644
--- a/tests-py3.txt
+++ b/tests-py3.txt
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ nova.tests.unit.virt.libvirt.test_imagebackend.LvmTestCase
 nova.tests.unit.virt.libvirt.test_imagebackend.FlatTestCase
 nova.tests.unit.virt.libvirt.test_imagebackend.RbdTestCase
 nova.tests.unit.virt.libvirt.test_vif.LibvirtVifTestCase
-nova.tests.unit.virt.vmwareapi.test_images.VMwareImagesTestCase
-nova.tests.unit.virt.vmwareapi.test_read_write_util.ReadWriteUtilTestCase
-nova.tests.unit.virt.vmwareapi.test_vmops.VMwareVMOpsTestCase.test_spawn_mask_block_device_info_password
 nova.tests.unit.virt.xenapi.test_vm_utils.ResizeFunctionTestCase
 nova.tests.unit.virt.xenapi.test_vm_utils.ScanSrTestCase
 nova.tests.unit.virt.xenapi.test_vm_utils.UnplugVbdTestCase