diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
index 454594a0b..5efe0dd79 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -1528,8 +1528,7 @@ class TestArgumentValidation(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
 
         app_args = mock.Mock()
         app_args.verbose_level = 1
-        self.validate = overcloud_deploy.DeployOvercloud(
-            self.app, app_args)._validate_args_environment_directory
+        self.validate = overcloud_deploy._validate_args_environment_dir
 
     def test_validate_env_dir(self):
         self.assertIsNone(self.validate(['/tmp/real_dir']))
diff --git a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
index 9ef80be1c..8f91fd240 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/v1/overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ from tripleoclient.workflows import parameters as workflow_params
 CONF = cfg.CONF
 
 
+def _validate_args_environment_dir(dirs):
+    default = os.path.expanduser(constants.DEFAULT_ENV_DIRECTORY)
+    not_found = [d for d in dirs if not os.path.isdir(d) and d != default]
+
+    if not_found:
+        raise oscexc.CommandError(
+            "Error: The following environment directories were not found"
+            ": {0}".format(", ".join(not_found)))
+
+
 class DeployOvercloud(command.Command):
     """Deploy Overcloud"""
 
@@ -406,21 +416,7 @@ class DeployOvercloud(command.Command):
                 "used when using --baremetal-deployment")
 
         if parsed_args.environment_directories:
-            self._validate_args_environment_directory(
-                parsed_args.environment_directories)
-
-    def _validate_args_environment_directory(self, directories):
-        default = os.path.expanduser(constants.DEFAULT_ENV_DIRECTORY)
-        nonexisting_dirs = []
-
-        for d in directories:
-            if not os.path.isdir(d) and d != default:
-                nonexisting_dirs.append(d)
-
-        if nonexisting_dirs:
-            raise oscexc.CommandError(
-                "Error: The following environment directories were not found"
-                ": {0}".format(", ".join(nonexisting_dirs)))
+            _validate_args_environment_dir(parsed_args.environment_directories)
 
     def _provision_baremetal(self, parsed_args, tht_root):