diff --git a/novaclient/tests/functional/test_quotas.py b/novaclient/tests/functional/test_quotas.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b75ed5f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/novaclient/tests/functional/test_quotas.py
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+#    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+#    not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+#    a copy of the License at
+#
+#         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#    WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#    License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+
+from novaclient.tests.functional import base
+
+
+class TestQuotasNovaClient(base.ClientTestBase):
+    """Nova quotas functional tests.
+    """
+
+    _quota_resources = ['instances', 'cores', 'ram',
+                        'floating_ips', 'fixed_ips', 'metadata_items',
+                        'injected_files', 'injected_file_content_bytes',
+                        'injected_file_path_bytes', 'key_pairs',
+                        'security_groups', 'security_group_rules',
+                        'server_groups', 'server_group_members']
+
+    def test_quotas_update(self):
+        # `nova quota-update` requires tenant-id. EXAMPLE of keystone output:
+        # +-------------+----------------------------------+
+        # |   Property  |              Value               |
+        # +-------------+----------------------------------+
+        # | description |                                  |
+        # |   enabled   |               True               |
+        # |      id     | 582df899eabc47018c96713c2f7196ba |
+        # |     name    |              admin               |
+        # +-------------+----------------------------------+
+        tenant_info = self.cli_clients.keystone(
+            "tenant-get", params=self.cli_clients.tenant_name).split("\n")
+        tenant_id = [l.rsplit("|", 2)[-2].strip()
+                     for l in tenant_info if "id" in l][0]
+
+        self.addCleanup(self.client.quotas.delete, tenant_id)
+
+        original_quotas = self.client.quotas.get(tenant_id)
+
+        difference = 10
+        params = [tenant_id]
+        for quota_name in self._quota_resources:
+            params.append("--%(name)s %(value)s" % {
+                "name": quota_name.replace("_", "-"),
+                "value": getattr(original_quotas, quota_name) + difference})
+
+        self.nova("quota-update", params=" ".join(params))
+
+        updated_quotas = self.client.quotas.get(tenant_id)
+
+        for quota_name in self._quota_resources:
+            self.assertEqual(getattr(original_quotas, quota_name),
+                             getattr(updated_quotas, quota_name) - difference)
diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
index 6814461d1..e50cddd0f 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/fakes.py
@@ -1259,8 +1259,7 @@ class FakeHTTPClient(base_client.HTTPClient):
 
     def put_os_quota_sets_97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353(self, body, **kw):
         assert list(body) == ['quota_set']
-        fakes.assert_has_keys(body['quota_set'],
-                              required=['tenant_id'])
+        fakes.assert_has_keys(body['quota_set'])
         return (200, {}, {
             'quota_set': {
                 'tenant_id': '97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353',
diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_quotas.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_quotas.py
index 43f8ce1d8..76bfcfe8e 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_quotas.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_quotas.py
@@ -45,9 +45,7 @@ class QuotaSetsTest(utils.FixturedTestCase):
         q.update(cores=2, force=True)
         self.assert_called(
             'PUT', '/os-quota-sets/97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353',
-            {'quota_set': {'force': True,
-                           'cores': 2,
-                           'tenant_id': '97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353'}})
+            {'quota_set': {'force': True, 'cores': 2}})
 
     def test_quotas_delete(self):
         tenant_id = 'test'
diff --git a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
index 603e59ec1..9a2ae0c70 100644
--- a/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
+++ b/novaclient/tests/unit/v2/test_shell.py
@@ -1835,8 +1835,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.assert_called(
             'PUT',
             '/os-quota-sets/97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353',
-            {'quota_set': {'instances': 5,
-                           'tenant_id': '97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353'}})
+            {'quota_set': {'instances': 5}})
 
     def test_user_quota_update(self):
         self.run_command(
@@ -1846,8 +1845,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.assert_called(
             'PUT',
             '/os-quota-sets/97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353?user_id=u1',
-            {'quota_set': {'instances': 5,
-                           'tenant_id': '97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353'}})
+            {'quota_set': {'instances': 5}})
 
     def test_quota_force_update(self):
         self.run_command(
@@ -1856,8 +1854,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
         self.assert_called(
             'PUT', '/os-quota-sets/97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353',
             {'quota_set': {'force': True,
-                           'instances': 5,
-                           'tenant_id': '97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353'}})
+                           'instances': 5}})
 
     def test_quota_update_fixed_ip(self):
         self.run_command(
@@ -1865,8 +1862,7 @@ class ShellTest(utils.TestCase):
             ' --fixed-ips=5')
         self.assert_called(
             'PUT', '/os-quota-sets/97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353',
-            {'quota_set': {'fixed_ips': 5,
-                           'tenant_id': '97f4c221bff44578b0300df4ef119353'}})
+            {'quota_set': {'fixed_ips': 5}})
 
     def test_quota_delete(self):
         self.run_command('quota-delete --tenant '
diff --git a/novaclient/v2/quotas.py b/novaclient/v2/quotas.py
index cd16042b4..a77e16e27 100644
--- a/novaclient/v2/quotas.py
+++ b/novaclient/v2/quotas.py
@@ -41,14 +41,10 @@ class QuotaSetManager(base.Manager):
             url = '/os-quota-sets/%s' % tenant_id
         return self._get(url, "quota_set")
 
-    def _update_body(self, tenant_id, **kwargs):
-        kwargs['tenant_id'] = tenant_id
-        return {'quota_set': kwargs}
-
     def update(self, tenant_id, **kwargs):
 
         user_id = kwargs.pop('user_id', None)
-        body = self._update_body(tenant_id, **kwargs)
+        body = {'quota_set': kwargs}
 
         for key in list(body['quota_set']):
             if body['quota_set'][key] is None: