diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
index eb313d25e3..535137ec05 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/base.py
@@ -25,6 +25,38 @@ import tempest.test
 CONF = config.CONF
 
 
+def delete_containers(containers, container_client, object_client):
+    """Remove containers and all objects in them.
+
+    The containers should be visible from the container_client given.
+    Will not throw any error if the containers don't exist.
+    Will not check that object and container deletions succeed.
+    After delete all the objects from a container, it will wait 2
+    seconds before delete the container itself, in order to deployments
+    using HA proxy sync the deletion properly, otherwise, the container
+    might fail to be deleted because it's not empty.
+
+    :param containers: List of containers to be deleted
+    :param container_client: Client to be used to delete containers
+    :param object_client: Client to be used to delete objects
+    """
+    for cont in containers:
+        try:
+            params = {'limit': 9999, 'format': 'json'}
+            resp, objlist = container_client.list_container_contents(
+                cont, params)
+            # delete every object in the container
+            for obj in objlist:
+                test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc(
+                    object_client.delete_object, cont, obj['name'])
+            # sleep 2 seconds to sync the deletion of the objects
+            # in HA deployment
+            time.sleep(2)
+            container_client.delete_container(cont)
+        except lib_exc.NotFound:
+            pass
+
+
 class BaseObjectTest(tempest.test.BaseTestCase):
 
     credentials = [['operator', CONF.object_storage.operator_role]]
@@ -98,42 +130,12 @@ class BaseObjectTest(tempest.test.BaseTestCase):
         return object_name, data
 
     @classmethod
-    def delete_containers(cls, container_client=None,
-                          object_client=None):
-        """Remove containers and all objects in them.
-
-        The containers should be visible from the container_client given.
-        Will not throw any error if the containers don't exist.
-        Will not check that object and container deletions succeed.
-        After delete all the objects from a container, it will wait 2
-        seconds before delete the container itself, in order to deployments
-        using HA proxy sync the deletion properly, otherwise, the container
-        might fail to be deleted because it's not empty.
-
-        :param container_client: if None, use cls.container_client, this means
-            that the default testing user will be used (see 'username' in
-            'etc/tempest.conf')
-        :param object_client: if None, use cls.object_client
-        """
+    def delete_containers(cls, container_client=None, object_client=None):
         if container_client is None:
             container_client = cls.container_client
         if object_client is None:
             object_client = cls.object_client
-        for cont in cls.containers:
-            try:
-                params = {'limit': 9999, 'format': 'json'}
-                resp, objlist = container_client.list_container_contents(
-                    cont, params)
-                # delete every object in the container
-                for obj in objlist:
-                    test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc(
-                        object_client.delete_object, cont, obj['name'])
-                # sleep 2 seconds to sync the deletion of the objects
-                # in HA deployment
-                time.sleep(2)
-                container_client.delete_container(cont)
-            except lib_exc.NotFound:
-                pass
+        delete_containers(cls.containers, container_client, object_client)
 
     def assertHeaders(self, resp, target, method):
         """Check the existence and the format of response headers"""
diff --git a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py
index a75ed9818d..1eda49a629 100644
--- a/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py
+++ b/tempest/api/object_storage/test_account_bulk.py
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ class BulkTest(base.BaseObjectTest):
         self.containers = []
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        self.delete_containers()
+        # NOTE(andreaf) BulkTests needs to cleanup containers after each
+        # test is executed.
+        base.delete_containers(self.containers, self.container_client,
+                               self.object_client)
         super(BulkTest, self).tearDown()
 
     def _create_archive(self):