diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/security_groups.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/security_groups.py
index 3c7a0dcbe4ff..0d85c7b8786d 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/security_groups.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/security_groups.py
@@ -414,10 +414,6 @@ class SecurityGroupRulesController(SecurityGroupControllerBase):
                 msg = _("Parent or group id is not integer")
                 raise exception.InvalidInput(reason=msg)
 
-            if parent_group_id == group_id:
-                msg = _("Parent group id and group id cannot be same")
-                raise exception.InvalidInput(reason=msg)
-
             values['group_id'] = group_id
             #check if groupId exists
             db.security_group_get(context, group_id)
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_security_groups.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_security_groups.py
index a9422cd26d3c..0cf66ec6e290 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_security_groups.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_security_groups.py
@@ -784,11 +784,14 @@ class TestSecurityGroupRules(test.TestCase):
                           req, {'security_group_rule': rule})
 
     def test_create_with_same_group_parent_id_and_group_id(self):
-        rule = security_group_rule_template(group_id=2)
+        rule = security_group_rule_template(group_id=1, parent_group_id=1)
 
         req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank('/v2/fake/os-security-group-rules')
-        self.assertRaises(webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest, self.controller.create,
-                          req, {'security_group_rule': rule})
+        res_dict = self.controller.create(req, {'security_group_rule': rule})
+        security_group_rule = res_dict['security_group_rule']
+        self.assertNotEquals(security_group_rule['id'], 0)
+        self.assertEquals(security_group_rule['parent_group_id'], 1)
+        self.assertEquals(security_group_rule['id'], 1)
 
     def _test_create_with_no_ports_and_no_group(self, proto):
         rule = {'ip_protocol': proto, 'parent_group_id': '2'}