diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/used_limits.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/used_limits.py
index 8660a9342ead..1e373a64c693 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/used_limits.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/used_limits.py
@@ -27,13 +27,6 @@ QUOTAS = quota.QUOTAS
 
 class UsedLimitsController(wsgi.Controller):
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _reserved(req):
-        try:
-            return int(req.GET['reserved'])
-        except (ValueError, KeyError):
-            return False
-
     @wsgi.extends
     @extensions.expected_errors(())
     def index(self, req, resp_obj):
@@ -61,9 +54,7 @@ class UsedLimitsController(wsgi.Controller):
         used_limits = {}
         for display_name, key in quota_map.items():
             if key in quotas:
-                reserved = (quotas[key]['reserved']
-                            if self._reserved(req) else 0)
-                used_limits[display_name] = quotas[key]['in_use'] + reserved
+                used_limits[display_name] = quotas[key]['in_use']
 
         resp_obj.obj['limits']['absolute'].update(used_limits)
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_used_limits.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_used_limits.py
index 0c3952f4b586..4f81b24493a3 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_used_limits.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_used_limits.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class UsedLimitsTestCaseV21(test.NoDBTestCase):
         for display_name, q in quota_map.items():
             limits[q] = {'limit': len(display_name),
                          'in_use': len(display_name) / 2,
-                         'reserved': len(display_name) / 3}
+                         'reserved': 0}
             if (self.include_server_group_quotas or
                 display_name != 'totalServerGroupsUsed'):
                 expected_abs_limits.append(display_name)