diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py
index c1236a7b30..7da87c76f4 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volume_swap.py
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ CONF = config.CONF
 class TestVolumeSwapBase(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
     create_default_network = True
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_credentials(cls):
+        cls.prepare_instance_network()
+        super(TestVolumeSwapBase, cls).setup_credentials()
+
     @classmethod
     def skip_checks(cls):
         super(TestVolumeSwapBase, cls).skip_checks()
@@ -100,7 +105,16 @@ class TestVolumeSwap(TestVolumeSwapBase):
         volume1 = self.create_volume()
         volume2 = self.create_volume()
         # Boot server
-        server = self.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        validation_resources = self.get_class_validation_resources(
+            self.os_primary)
+        # NOTE(gibi): We need to wait for the guest to fully boot as the test
+        # will attach a volume to the server and therefore cleanup will try to
+        # detach it. See bug 1960346 for details.
+        server = self.create_test_server(
+            validatable=True,
+            validation_resources=validation_resources,
+            wait_until='SSHABLE'
+        )
         # Attach "volume1" to server
         self.attach_volume(server, volume1)
         # Swap volume from "volume1" to "volume2"
@@ -200,9 +214,18 @@ class TestMultiAttachVolumeSwap(TestVolumeSwapBase):
         volume2 = self.create_volume(multiattach=True)
 
         # Create two servers and wait for them to be ACTIVE.
+        validation_resources = self.get_class_validation_resources(
+            self.os_primary)
+        # NOTE(gibi): We need to wait for the guests to fully boot as the test
+        # will attach volumes to the servers and therefore cleanup will try to
+        # detach them. See bug 1960346 for details.
         reservation_id = self.create_test_server(
-            wait_until='ACTIVE', min_count=2,
-            return_reservation_id=True)['reservation_id']
+            validatable=True,
+            validation_resources=validation_resources,
+            wait_until='SSHABLE',
+            min_count=2,
+            return_reservation_id=True,
+        )['reservation_id']
         # Get the servers using the reservation_id.
         servers = self.servers_client.list_servers(
             reservation_id=reservation_id)['servers']
diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volumes_negative.py b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volumes_negative.py
index 10d522bba5..91ab09e79f 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volumes_negative.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/admin/test_volumes_negative.py
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class VolumesAdminNegativeTest(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
 
     create_default_network = True
 
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_credentials(cls):
+        cls.prepare_instance_network()
+        super(VolumesAdminNegativeTest, cls).setup_credentials()
+
     @classmethod
     def skip_checks(cls):
         super(VolumesAdminNegativeTest, cls).skip_checks()
@@ -34,15 +39,11 @@ class VolumesAdminNegativeTest(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
             skip_msg = ("%s skipped as Cinder is not available" % cls.__name__)
             raise cls.skipException(skip_msg)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def resource_setup(cls):
-        super(VolumesAdminNegativeTest, cls).resource_setup()
-        cls.server = cls.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
-
     @decorators.attr(type=['negative'])
     @decorators.idempotent_id('309b5ecd-0585-4a7e-a36f-d2b2bf55259d')
     def test_update_attached_volume_with_nonexistent_volume_in_uri(self):
         """Test swapping non existent volume should fail"""
+        self.server = self.create_test_server(wait_until="ACTIVE")
         volume = self.create_volume()
         nonexistent_volume = data_utils.rand_uuid()
         self.assertRaises(lib_exc.NotFound,
@@ -55,6 +56,17 @@ class VolumesAdminNegativeTest(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
     @decorators.idempotent_id('7dcac15a-b107-46d3-a5f6-cb863f4e454a')
     def test_update_attached_volume_with_nonexistent_volume_in_body(self):
         """Test swapping volume to a non existence volume should fail"""
+        validation_resources = self.get_class_validation_resources(
+            self.os_primary)
+        # NOTE(gibi): We need to wait for the guest to fully boot as
+        # test_update_attached_volume_with_nonexistent_volume_in_body case
+        # will attach a volume to it and therefore cleanup will try to detach
+        # it. See bug 1960346 for details.
+        self.server = self.create_test_server(
+            validatable=True,
+            validation_resources=validation_resources,
+            wait_until="SSHABLE")
+
         volume = self.create_volume()
         self.attach_volume(self.server, volume)
 
@@ -76,6 +88,13 @@ class UpdateMultiattachVolumeNegativeTest(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
     min_microversion = '2.60'
     volume_min_microversion = '3.27'
 
+    create_default_network = True
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setup_credentials(cls):
+        cls.prepare_instance_network()
+        super(UpdateMultiattachVolumeNegativeTest, cls).setup_credentials()
+
     @classmethod
     def skip_checks(cls):
         super(UpdateMultiattachVolumeNegativeTest, cls).skip_checks()
@@ -101,8 +120,21 @@ class UpdateMultiattachVolumeNegativeTest(base.BaseV2ComputeAdminTest):
         vol2 = self.create_volume(multiattach=True)
 
         # Create two instances.
-        server1 = self.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
-        server2 = self.create_test_server(wait_until='ACTIVE')
+        validation_resources = self.get_class_validation_resources(
+            self.os_primary)
+        # NOTE(gibi): We need to wait for the guests to fully boot as the test
+        # will attach volumes to the servers and therefore cleanup will try to
+        # detach them. See bug 1960346 for details.
+        server1 = self.create_test_server(
+            validatable=True,
+            validation_resources=validation_resources,
+            wait_until='SSHABLE'
+        )
+        server2 = self.create_test_server(
+            validatable=True,
+            validation_resources=validation_resources,
+            wait_until='SSHABLE'
+        )
 
         # Attach vol1 to both of these instances.
         vol1_attachment1 = self.attach_volume(server1, vol1)