diff --git a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
index 93d6ae262..760cdb28d 100644
--- a/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
+++ b/tripleoclient/workflows/deployment.py
@@ -604,17 +604,18 @@ def set_deployment_status(clients, plan, status):
     )
 
 
-def get_deployment_failures(clients, **workflow_input):
-    workflow_client = clients.workflow_engine
+def get_deployment_failures(clients, plan):
+    """Return a list of deployment failures.
 
-    result = base.call_action(
-        workflow_client,
-        'tripleo.deployment.get_deployment_failures',
-        **workflow_input
-    )
+    :param clients: application client object.
+    :type clients: Object
 
-    message = result.get('message')
-    if message:
-        print(message)
+    :param plan: Name of plan to lookup.
+    :param plan: String
 
-    return result['failures']
+    :returns: Dictionary
+    """
+
+    context = clients.tripleoclient.create_mistral_context()
+    get_failures = deployment.DeploymentFailuresAction(plan=plan)
+    return get_failures.run(context=context)['failures']