diff --git a/nova/storage/__init__.py b/nova/storage/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/storage/rbd_utils.py b/nova/storage/rbd_utils.py
similarity index 99%
rename from nova/virt/libvirt/storage/rbd_utils.py
rename to nova/storage/rbd_utils.py
index 97440b81e444..bda1b5d54200 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/storage/rbd_utils.py
+++ b/nova/storage/rbd_utils.py
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ from oslo_utils import excutils
 import nova.conf
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
-from nova.virt.libvirt import utils as libvirt_utils
 
 
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+RESIZE_SNAPSHOT_NAME = 'nova-resize'
+
 
 class RbdProxy(object):
     """A wrapper around rbd.RBD class instance to avoid blocking of process.
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ class RBDDriver(object):
                 RbdProxy().remove(ioctx, volume)
                 raise loopingcall.LoopingCallDone(retvalue=False)
             except rbd.ImageHasSnapshots:
-                self.remove_snap(volume, libvirt_utils.RESIZE_SNAPSHOT_NAME,
+                self.remove_snap(volume, RESIZE_SNAPSHOT_NAME,
                                  ignore_errors=True)
             except (rbd.ImageBusy, rbd.ImageHasSnapshots):
                 LOG.warning('rbd remove %(volume)s in pool %(pool)s failed',
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_evacuate.py b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_evacuate.py
index 96fc8af3fbfb..b06820908848 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_evacuate.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_evacuate.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ class _RbdTest(object):
 
         # We never want to actually touch rbd
         self.mock_rbd_driver = self.useFixture(fixtures.MockPatch(
-            'nova.virt.libvirt.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')).mock.return_value
+            'nova.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')).mock.return_value
         self.mock_rbd_driver.get_mon_addrs.return_value = ([], [])
         self.mock_rbd_driver.size.return_value = 10 * units.Gi
         self.mock_rbd_driver.rbd_user = 'rbd'
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/storage/test_rbd.py b/nova/tests/unit/storage/test_rbd.py
similarity index 99%
rename from nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/storage/test_rbd.py
rename to nova/tests/unit/storage/test_rbd.py
index 5ce5c3b072de..fd9372b870a5 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/storage/test_rbd.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/storage/test_rbd.py
@@ -19,9 +19,8 @@ from oslo_utils.fixture import uuidsentinel as uuids
 from nova.compute import task_states
 from nova import exception
 from nova import objects
+from nova.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova import test
-from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import rbd_utils
-from nova.virt.libvirt import utils as libvirt_utils
 
 
 CEPH_MON_DUMP = r"""dumped monmap epoch 1
@@ -466,7 +465,7 @@ class RbdTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         proxy = mock_proxy.return_value
         proxy.__enter__.return_value = proxy
         proxy.list_snaps.return_value = [
-            {'name': libvirt_utils.RESIZE_SNAPSHOT_NAME}]
+            {'name': rbd_utils.RESIZE_SNAPSHOT_NAME}]
         client = mock_client.return_value
         self.driver.cleanup_volumes(filter_fn)
 
@@ -474,7 +473,7 @@ class RbdTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
                                 '%s_test' % uuids.instance)
         rbd.remove.assert_has_calls([remove_call, remove_call])
         proxy.remove_snap.assert_called_once_with(
-                libvirt_utils.RESIZE_SNAPSHOT_NAME)
+            rbd_utils.RESIZE_SNAPSHOT_NAME)
         client.__enter__.assert_called_once_with()
         client.__exit__.assert_called_once_with(None, None, None)
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index fa941275a721..de41339bcc96 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ from nova.pci import manager as pci_manager
 from nova.pci import utils as pci_utils
 import nova.privsep.fs
 import nova.privsep.libvirt
+from nova.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests import fixtures as nova_fixtures
 from nova.tests.unit import fake_block_device
@@ -118,7 +119,6 @@ from nova.virt.libvirt import imagecache
 from nova.virt.libvirt import migration as libvirt_migrate
 from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import dmcrypt
 from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import lvm
-from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova.virt.libvirt import utils as libvirt_utils
 from nova.virt.libvirt import vif as libvirt_vif
 from nova.virt.libvirt.volume import fs as fs_drivers
@@ -23148,7 +23148,7 @@ class LibvirtDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase, TraitsComparisonMixin):
         self.assertFalse(mock_inject.called)
 
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.utils.fetch_image')
-    @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
+    @mock.patch('nova.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
     @mock.patch.object(imagebackend, 'IMAGE_API')
     def test_create_fetch_image_ceph_workaround(self, mock_image, mock_rbd,
                                                 mock_fetch):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py
index 843eb0fdd677..031d543b2b1d 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_imagebackend.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import nova.conf
 from nova import context
 from nova import exception
 from nova import objects
+from nova.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova import test
 from nova.tests.unit import fake_processutils
 from nova import utils
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ from nova.virt.image import model as imgmodel
 from nova.virt import images
 from nova.virt.libvirt import config as vconfig
 from nova.virt.libvirt import imagebackend
-from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova.virt.libvirt import utils as libvirt_utils
 
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF
@@ -1894,7 +1894,7 @@ class RbdTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.NoDBTestCase):
         mock_imgapi.copy_image_to_store.assert_called_once_with(
             self.CONTEXT, 'foo', 'store')
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
+    @mock.patch('nova.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.imagebackend.IMAGE_API')
     def test_clone_copy_to_store(self, mock_imgapi, mock_driver_):
         # Call image.clone() in a way that will cause it to fall through
@@ -1921,7 +1921,7 @@ class RbdTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.NoDBTestCase):
             # recursed after the copy-to-store operation
             mock.call('fake', fake_image)])
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
+    @mock.patch('nova.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.imagebackend.IMAGE_API')
     def test_clone_copy_to_store_failed(self, mock_imgapi, mock_driver_):
         # Call image.clone() in a way that will cause it to fall through
@@ -1950,7 +1950,7 @@ class RbdTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.NoDBTestCase):
             # recursed after the copy-to-store operation
             mock.call('fake', fake_image)])
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
+    @mock.patch('nova.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.imagebackend.IMAGE_API')
     def test_clone_without_needed_copy(self, mock_imgapi, mock_driver_):
         # Call image.clone() in a way that will cause it to pass the locations
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ class RbdTestCase(_ImageTestCase, test.NoDBTestCase):
             mock_copy.assert_not_called()
         mock_driver.is_cloneable.assert_called_once_with('fake', fake_image)
 
-    @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
+    @mock.patch('nova.storage.rbd_utils.RBDDriver')
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.imagebackend.IMAGE_API')
     def test_clone_copy_not_configured(self, mock_imgapi, mock_driver_):
         # Call image.clone() in a way that will cause it to fail the locations
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
index 7bc5b21a21b6..0cd24aa7d0c7 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/driver.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ from nova.pci import utils as pci_utils
 import nova.privsep.libvirt
 import nova.privsep.path
 import nova.privsep.utils
+from nova.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova import utils
 from nova import version
 from nova.virt import arch
@@ -122,7 +123,6 @@ from nova.virt.libvirt import instancejobtracker
 from nova.virt.libvirt import migration as libvirt_migrate
 from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import dmcrypt
 from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import lvm
-from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova.virt.libvirt import utils as libvirt_utils
 from nova.virt.libvirt import vif as libvirt_vif
 from nova.virt.libvirt.volume import fs
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py
index bfd5c0eef4bc..1f88fa20d62a 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/imagebackend.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ from nova.i18n import _
 from nova.image import glance
 import nova.privsep.libvirt
 import nova.privsep.path
+from nova.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova import utils
 from nova.virt.disk import api as disk
 from nova.virt.image import model as imgmodel
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ from nova.virt import images
 from nova.virt.libvirt import config as vconfig
 from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import dmcrypt
 from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import lvm
-from nova.virt.libvirt.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova.virt.libvirt import utils as libvirt_utils
 
 CONF = nova.conf.CONF