diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_images.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_images.py
index ca64e553..8ed1bb30 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_images.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_images.py
@@ -1014,17 +1014,13 @@ class TestController(testtools.TestCase):
 
     def test_location_ops_when_server_disabled_location_ops(self):
         # Location operations should not be allowed if server has not
-        # enabled location related operations
+        # enabled location related operations. There is no need to check it
+        # when do location add, because the check would be done in server side.
         image_id = '3a4560a1-e585-443e-9b39-553b46ec92d1'
         estr = 'The administrator has disabled API access to image locations'
         url = 'http://bar.com/'
         meta = {'bar': 'barmeta'}
 
-        e = self.assertRaises(exc.HTTPBadRequest,
-                              self.controller.add_location,
-                              image_id, url, meta)
-        self.assertIn(estr, str(e))
-
         e = self.assertRaises(exc.HTTPBadRequest,
                               self.controller.delete_locations,
                               image_id, set([url]))
@@ -1052,20 +1048,19 @@ class TestController(testtools.TestCase):
         add_patch = {'path': '/locations/-', 'value': new_loc, 'op': 'add'}
         self.controller.add_location(image_id, **new_loc)
         self.assertEqual(self.api.calls, [
-            self._empty_get(image_id),
             self._patch_req(image_id, [add_patch]),
             self._empty_get(image_id)
         ])
 
-    def test_add_duplicate_location(self):
+    @mock.patch.object(images.Controller, '_send_image_update_request',
+                       side_effect=exc.HTTPBadRequest)
+    def test_add_duplicate_location(self, mock_request):
         image_id = 'a2b83adc-888e-11e3-8872-78acc0b951d8'
         new_loc = {'url': 'http://foo.com/', 'metadata': {'foo': 'newfoo'}}
-        err_str = 'A location entry at %s already exists' % new_loc['url']
 
-        err = self.assertRaises(exc.HTTPConflict,
-                                self.controller.add_location,
-                                image_id, **new_loc)
-        self.assertIn(err_str, str(err))
+        self.assertRaises(exc.HTTPBadRequest,
+                          self.controller.add_location,
+                          image_id, **new_loc)
 
     def test_remove_location(self):
         image_id = 'a2b83adc-888e-11e3-8872-78acc0b951d8'
diff --git a/glanceclient/v2/images.py b/glanceclient/v2/images.py
index 5aa3e76a..0dd9c0d6 100644
--- a/glanceclient/v2/images.py
+++ b/glanceclient/v2/images.py
@@ -306,12 +306,6 @@ class Controller(object):
         :param metadata: Metadata associated with the location.
         :returns: The updated image
         """
-        image = self._get_image_with_locations_or_fail(image_id)
-        url_list = [l['url'] for l in image.locations]
-        if url in url_list:
-            err_str = 'A location entry at %s already exists' % url
-            raise exc.HTTPConflict(err_str)
-
         add_patch = [{'op': 'add', 'path': '/locations/-',
                       'value': {'url': url, 'metadata': metadata}}]
         self._send_image_update_request(image_id, add_patch)