diff --git a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/__init__.py b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/__init__.py
index 216677537..f3f466957 100644
--- a/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/__init__.py
+++ b/neutronclient/neutron/v2_0/__init__.py
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ def _merge_args(qCmd, parsed_args, _extra_values, value_specs):
                 if isinstance(arg_value, list):
                     if value and isinstance(value, list):
                         if (not arg_value or
-                                type(arg_value[0]) == type(value[0])):
+                                isinstance(arg_value[0], type(value[0]))):
                             arg_value.extend(value)
                             _extra_values.pop(key)
 
diff --git a/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py b/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
index cc323c957..69cc64f5c 100644
--- a/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
+++ b/neutronclient/v2_0/client.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ class ClientBase(object):
         # Add format and tenant_id
         action += ".%s" % self.format
         action = self.action_prefix + action
-        if type(params) is dict and params:
+        if isinstance(params, dict) and params:
             params = utils.safe_encode_dict(params)
             action += '?' + urlparse.urlencode(params, doseq=1)
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class ClientBase(object):
         """
         if data is None:
             return None
-        elif type(data) is dict:
+        elif isinstance(data, dict):
             return serializer.Serializer().serialize(data)
         else:
             raise Exception(_("Unable to serialize object of type = '%s'") %