diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py
index ecc05ee5..5995e6e7 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_namespaces.py
@@ -664,6 +664,14 @@ class TestNamespaceController(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.controller.update, NAMESPACE1,
                           **properties)
 
+    def test_update_namespace_disallowed_fields(self):
+        properties = {'display_name': 'My Updated Name'}
+        self.controller.update(NAMESPACE1, **properties)
+        actual = self.api.calls
+        _disallowed_fields = ['self', 'schema', 'created_at', 'updated_at']
+        for key in actual[1][3]:
+            self.assertNotIn(key, _disallowed_fields)
+
     def test_delete_namespace(self):
         self.controller.delete(NAMESPACE1)
         expect = [
diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_objects.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_objects.py
index c565b3c7..610aaee5 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_objects.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_objects.py
@@ -304,6 +304,24 @@ class TestObjectController(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.controller.update, NAMESPACE1,
                           OBJECT1, **properties)
 
+    def test_update_object_disallowed_fields(self):
+        properties = {
+            'description': 'UPDATED_DESCRIPTION'
+        }
+        self.controller.update(NAMESPACE1, OBJECT1, **properties)
+        actual = self.api.calls
+        # API makes three calls(GET, PUT, GET) for object update.
+        # PUT has the request body in the list
+        '''('PUT', '/v2/metadefs/namespaces/Namespace1/objects/Object1', {},
+        [('description', 'UPDATED_DESCRIPTION'),
+        ('name', 'Object1'),
+        ('properties', ...),
+        ('required', [])])'''
+
+        _disallowed_fields = ['self', 'schema', 'created_at', 'updated_at']
+        for key in actual[1][3]:
+            self.assertNotIn(key, _disallowed_fields)
+
     def test_delete_object(self):
         self.controller.delete(NAMESPACE1, OBJECT1)
         expect = [
diff --git a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_properties.py b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_properties.py
index 388bf938..11165b96 100644
--- a/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_properties.py
+++ b/glanceclient/tests/unit/v2/test_metadefs_properties.py
@@ -280,6 +280,16 @@ class TestPropertyController(testtools.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, self.controller.update, NAMESPACE1,
                           PROPERTY1, **properties)
 
+    def test_update_property_disallowed_fields(self):
+        properties = {
+            'description': 'UPDATED_DESCRIPTION'
+        }
+        self.controller.update(NAMESPACE1, PROPERTY1, **properties)
+        actual = self.api.calls
+        _disallowed_fields = ['created_at', 'updated_at']
+        for key in actual[1][3]:
+            self.assertNotIn(key, _disallowed_fields)
+
     def test_delete_property(self):
         self.controller.delete(NAMESPACE1, PROPERTY1)
         expect = [
diff --git a/glanceclient/v2/metadefs.py b/glanceclient/v2/metadefs.py
index b6ba492f..84d83df7 100644
--- a/glanceclient/v2/metadefs.py
+++ b/glanceclient/v2/metadefs.py
@@ -348,8 +348,8 @@ class ObjectController(object):
         # Remove read-only parameters.
         read_only = ['schema', 'updated_at', 'created_at']
         for elem in read_only:
-            if elem in namespace:
-                del namespace[elem]
+            if elem in obj:
+                del obj[elem]
 
         url = '/v2/metadefs/namespaces/{0}/objects/{1}'.format(namespace,
                                                                object_name)