diff --git a/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/volumes.py b/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/volumes.py
index 0c1d7b18f5..4bc2152061 100644
--- a/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/volumes.py
+++ b/rally/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/volumes.py
@@ -278,7 +278,12 @@ class CinderVolumes(cinder_utils.CinderScenario,
     @validation.required_services(consts.Service.NOVA, consts.Service.CINDER)
     @validation.required_openstack(users=True)
     @scenario.configure(context={"cleanup": ["cinder", "nova"]})
-    def create_and_attach_volume(self, size, image, flavor, **kwargs):
+    @logging.log_deprecated_args(
+        "Use 'create_vm_params' for additional instance parameters.",
+        "0.2.0", ["kwargs"], once=True)
+    def create_and_attach_volume(self, size, image, flavor,
+                                 create_volume_params=None,
+                                 create_vm_params=None, **kwargs):
         """Create a VM and attach a volume to it.
 
         Simple test to create a VM and attach a volume, then
@@ -290,11 +295,22 @@ class CinderVolumes(cinder_utils.CinderScenario,
                          max - maximum size volumes will be created as.
         :param image: Glance image name to use for the VM
         :param flavor: VM flavor name
-        :param kwargs: optional arguments for VM creation
+        :param create_volume_params: optional arguments for volume creation
+        :param create_vm_params: optional arguments for VM creation
+        :param kwargs: (deprecated) optional arguments for VM creation
         """
 
-        server = self._boot_server(image, flavor, **kwargs)
-        volume = self._create_volume(size)
+        create_volume_params = create_volume_params or {}
+
+        if kwargs and create_vm_params:
+            raise ValueError("You can not set both 'kwargs'"
+                             "and 'create_vm_params' attributes."
+                             "Please use 'create_vm_params'.")
+
+        create_vm_params = create_vm_params or kwargs or {}
+
+        server = self._boot_server(image, flavor, **create_vm_params)
+        volume = self._create_volume(size, **create_volume_params)
 
         self._attach_volume(server, volume)
         self._detach_volume(server, volume)
diff --git a/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.json b/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.json
index faf1cbaa17..c3a2ff5f5d 100644
--- a/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.json
+++ b/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% set flavor_name = flavor_name or "m1.tiny" %}
+{% set availability_zone = availability_zone or "nova" %}
 {
     "CinderVolumes.create_and_attach_volume": [
         {
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@
                 },
                 "flavor": {
                     "name": "{{flavor_name}}"
+                },
+                "create_volume_params": {
+                    "availability_zone": "{{availability_zone}}"
                 }
             },
             "runner": {
@@ -34,6 +38,9 @@
                 },
                 "image": {
                     "name": "^cirros.*uec$"
+                },
+                "create_volume_params": {
+                    "availability_zone": "{{availability_zone}}"
                 }
             },
             "runner": {
diff --git a/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.yaml b/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.yaml
index 18de5fecd6..0fd4ab6795 100644
--- a/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.yaml
+++ b/samples/tasks/scenarios/cinder/create-and-attach-volume.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% set flavor_name = flavor_name or "m1.tiny" %}
+{% set availability_zone = availability_zone or "nova" %}
 ---
   CinderVolumes.create_and_attach_volume:
     -
@@ -8,6 +9,8 @@
             name: "^cirros.*uec$"
           flavor:
             name: "{{flavor_name}}"
+          create_volume_params:
+            availability_zone: "{{availability_zone}}"
       runner:
         type: "constant"
         times: 5
@@ -25,6 +28,8 @@
             name: "{{flavor_name}}"
         image:
             name: "^cirros.*uec$"
+        create_volume_params:
+            availability_zone: "{{availability_zone}}"
       runner:
         type: "constant"
         times: 5
diff --git a/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/test_volumes.py b/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/test_volumes.py
index 0fe53bbaf9..e524927e7e 100644
--- a/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/test_volumes.py
+++ b/tests/unit/plugins/openstack/scenarios/cinder/test_volumes.py
@@ -196,7 +196,12 @@ class CinderServersTestCase(test.ScenarioTestCase):
         scenario._create_volume = mock.MagicMock(return_value=fake_volume)
         scenario._delete_volume = mock.MagicMock()
 
-        scenario.create_and_attach_volume(10, "img", "0")
+        volume_args = {"some_key": "some_val"}
+        vm_args = {"some_key": "some_val"}
+
+        scenario.create_and_attach_volume(10, "img", "0",
+                                          create_volume_params=volume_args,
+                                          create_vm_params=vm_args)
         scenario._attach_volume.assert_called_once_with(fake_server,
                                                         fake_volume)
         scenario._detach_volume.assert_called_once_with(fake_server,