diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index 51110b1fda45..5933974c6d0a 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -6285,6 +6285,20 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.Manager):
                                     {'port_id': port_id, 'error': ex},
                                     instance=instance)
 
+    # TODO(mriedem): There are likely race failures which can result in
+    # NotFound and QuotaError exceptions getting traced as well.
+    @messaging.expected_exceptions(
+        # Do not log a traceback for user errors. We use Invalid generically
+        # since this method can raise lots of different exceptions:
+        # AttachInterfaceNotSupported
+        # NetworkInterfaceTaggedAttachNotSupported
+        # NetworkAmbiguous
+        # PortNotUsable
+        # PortInUse
+        # PortNotUsableDNS
+        # AttachSRIOVPortNotSupported
+        # NetworksWithQoSPolicyNotSupported
+        exception.Invalid)
     @wrap_exception()
     @wrap_instance_event(prefix='compute')
     @wrap_instance_fault
diff --git a/nova/exception.py b/nova/exception.py
index bcb3e3b8451c..b69e9745c326 100644
--- a/nova/exception.py
+++ b/nova/exception.py
@@ -1572,12 +1572,12 @@ class ConfigDriveNotFound(NotFound):
                 "does not exist.")
 
 
-class InterfaceAttachFailed(Invalid):
+class InterfaceAttachFailed(NovaException):
     msg_fmt = _("Failed to attach network adapter device to "
                 "%(instance_uuid)s")
 
 
-class InterfaceAttachFailedNoNetwork(InterfaceAttachFailed):
+class InterfaceAttachFailedNoNetwork(Invalid):
     msg_fmt = _("No specific network was requested and none are available "
                 "for project '%(project_id)s'.")
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute.py b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute.py
index 34aeb55d44da..ed9452cacc02 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute.py
@@ -10473,10 +10473,13 @@ class ComputeAPITestCase(BaseTestCase):
         with mock.patch.dict(self.compute.driver.capabilities,
                              supports_attach_interface=True,
                              supports_tagged_attach_interface=False):
-            self.assertRaises(
-                exception.NetworkInterfaceTaggedAttachNotSupported,
+            expected_exception = self.assertRaises(
+                messaging.ExpectedException,
                 self.compute.attach_interface, self.context, instance,
                 'fake-network-id', 'fake-port-id', 'fake-req-ip', tag='foo')
+        wrapped_exc = expected_exception.exc_info[1]
+        self.assertIsInstance(
+            wrapped_exc, exception.NetworkInterfaceTaggedAttachNotSupported)
 
     def test_attach_interface_failed(self):
         new_type = flavors.get_flavor_by_flavor_id('4')