diff --git a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
index 48a815a47..6f53f13c3 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/tests/v1/overcloud_deploy/test_overcloud_deploy.py
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ class TestDeployOvercloud(fakes.TestDeployOvercloud):
         mock_copy_to_wd.start()
         self.addCleanup(mock_copy_to_wd.stop)
 
+        mock_check_deploy_backups = mock.patch(
+            'tripleoclient.utils.check_deploy_backups', autospec=True)
+        mock_check_deploy_backups.start()
+        self.addCleanup(mock_check_deploy_backups.stop)
+
     def tearDown(self):
         super(TestDeployOvercloud, self).tearDown()
         os.unlink(self.parameter_defaults_env_file)