diff --git a/tacker/extensions/nfvo.py b/tacker/extensions/nfvo.py
index 638df0a33..9288b9499 100644
--- a/tacker/extensions/nfvo.py
+++ b/tacker/extensions/nfvo.py
@@ -771,6 +771,13 @@ RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_MAP = {
             'is_visible': True,
             'default': None,
         },
+        'placement_attr': {
+            'allow_post': True,
+            'allow_put': False,
+            'validate': {'type:dict_or_none': None},
+            'is_visible': True,
+            'default': {},
+        },
         'vim_id': {
             'allow_post': True,
             'allow_put': False,
diff --git a/tacker/nfvo/nfvo_plugin.py b/tacker/nfvo/nfvo_plugin.py
index 9695d1742..639a486a1 100644
--- a/tacker/nfvo/nfvo_plugin.py
+++ b/tacker/nfvo/nfvo_plugin.py
@@ -727,8 +727,9 @@ class NfvoPlugin(nfvo_db_plugin.NfvoPluginDb, vnffg_db.VnffgPluginDbMixin,
         nsd_dict = yaml.safe_load(nsd['attributes']['nsd'])
         vnfm_plugin = manager.TackerManager.get_service_plugins()['VNFM']
         onboarded_vnfds = vnfm_plugin.get_vnfds(context, [])
-        region_name = ns.setdefault('placement_attr', {}).get(
-            'region_name', None)
+        region_name = ns_info.get('placement_attr', {}).\
+            get('region_name', None)
+
         vim_res = self.vim_client.get_vim(context, ns['ns']['vim_id'],
                                           region_name)
         driver_type = vim_res['vim_type']