diff --git a/nova/compute/manager.py b/nova/compute/manager.py
index b21d02fe9725..82c36ec436b2 100644
--- a/nova/compute/manager.py
+++ b/nova/compute/manager.py
@@ -694,12 +694,8 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.Manager):
                     continue
             cn_uuid = compute_nodes[migration.source_node]
 
-            my_resources = scheduler_utils.resources_from_flavor(
-                instance, instance.flavor)
-            res = self.reportclient.remove_provider_from_instance_allocation(
-                instance.uuid, cn_uuid, instance.user_id,
-                instance.project_id, my_resources)
-            if not res:
+            if not scheduler_utils.remove_allocation_from_compute(
+                    instance, cn_uuid, self.reportclient):
                 LOG.error("Failed to clean allocation of evacuated instance "
                           "on the source node %s",
                           cn_uuid, instance=instance)
@@ -3816,11 +3812,8 @@ class ComputeManager(manager.Manager):
         # PUT'd back to placement will only include the destination host and
         # any shared providers in the case of a confirm_resize operation and
         # the source host and shared providers for a revert_resize operation..
-        my_resources = scheduler_utils.resources_from_flavor(instance, flavor)
-        res = self.reportclient.remove_provider_from_instance_allocation(
-            instance.uuid, cn_uuid, instance.user_id,
-            instance.project_id, my_resources)
-        if not res:
+        if not scheduler_utils.remove_allocation_from_compute(
+                instance, cn_uuid, self.reportclient, flavor):
             LOG.error("Failed to save manipulated allocation",
                       instance=instance)
 
diff --git a/nova/compute/resource_tracker.py b/nova/compute/resource_tracker.py
index 6768b5083ae1..e894fd0609d2 100644
--- a/nova/compute/resource_tracker.py
+++ b/nova/compute/resource_tracker.py
@@ -1313,15 +1313,9 @@ class ResourceTracker(object):
     def _delete_allocation_for_moved_instance(
             self, instance, node, move_type, node_type='source'):
         # Clean up the instance allocation from this node in placement
-        my_resources = scheduler_utils.resources_from_flavor(
-            instance, instance.flavor)
-
         cn_uuid = self.compute_nodes[node].uuid
-
-        res = self.reportclient.remove_provider_from_instance_allocation(
-            instance.uuid, cn_uuid, instance.user_id,
-            instance.project_id, my_resources)
-        if not res:
+        if not scheduler_utils.remove_allocation_from_compute(
+                instance, cn_uuid, self.reportclient):
             LOG.error("Failed to clean allocation of %s "
                       "instance on the %s node %s",
                       move_type, node_type, cn_uuid, instance=instance)
@@ -1335,12 +1329,9 @@ class ResourceTracker(object):
             the new_flavor resources are subtracted from the single allocation.
         :param flavor: This is the new_flavor during a resize.
         """
-        resources = scheduler_utils.resources_from_flavor(instance, flavor)
         cn = self.compute_nodes[node]
-        res = self.reportclient.remove_provider_from_instance_allocation(
-            instance.uuid, cn.uuid, instance.user_id, instance.project_id,
-            resources)
-        if not res:
+        if not scheduler_utils.remove_allocation_from_compute(
+                instance, cn.uuid, self.reportclient, flavor):
             if instance.instance_type_id == flavor.id:
                 operation = 'migration'
             else:
diff --git a/nova/scheduler/utils.py b/nova/scheduler/utils.py
index 3f12545484e6..a0024c87c311 100644
--- a/nova/scheduler/utils.py
+++ b/nova/scheduler/utils.py
@@ -798,3 +798,27 @@ def claim_resources(ctx, client, spec_obj, instance_uuid, alloc_req,
 
     return client.claim_resources(instance_uuid, alloc_req, project_id,
             user_id, allocation_request_version=allocation_request_version)
+
+
+def remove_allocation_from_compute(instance, compute_node_uuid, reportclient,
+                                   flavor=None):
+    """Removes the instance allocation from the compute host.
+
+    :param instance: the instance object owning the allocation
+    :param compute_node_uuid: the UUID of the compute node where the allocation
+                              needs to be removed
+    :param reportclient: the SchedulerReportClient instances to be used to
+                         communicate with Placement
+    :param flavor: If provided then it is used to calculate the amount of
+                   resource that needs to be removed. If not provided then
+                   instance.flavor will be used
+    :return: True if the removal was successful, False otherwise
+    """
+
+    if not flavor:
+        flavor = instance.flavor
+
+    my_resources = resources_from_flavor(instance, flavor)
+    return reportclient.remove_provider_from_instance_allocation(
+        instance.uuid, compute_node_uuid, instance.user_id,
+        instance.project_id, my_resources)