diff --git a/nova/rpc/amqp.py b/nova/rpc/amqp.py
index 8df16ff9..8e5d685d 100644
--- a/nova/rpc/amqp.py
+++ b/nova/rpc/amqp.py
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ class RpcContext(rpc_common.CommonRpcContext):
         self.conf = kwargs.pop('conf')
         super(RpcContext, self).__init__(**kwargs)
 
+    def deepcopy(self):
+        values = self.to_dict()
+        values['conf'] = self.conf
+        values['msg_id'] = self.msg_id
+        return self.__class__(**values)
+
     def reply(self, reply=None, failure=None, ending=False,
               connection_pool=None):
         if self.msg_id:
diff --git a/nova/rpc/common.py b/nova/rpc/common.py
index c5f88f90..0b927a0e 100644
--- a/nova/rpc/common.py
+++ b/nova/rpc/common.py
@@ -287,6 +287,9 @@ class CommonRpcContext(object):
     def from_dict(cls, values):
         return cls(**values)
 
+    def deepcopy(self):
+        return self.from_dict(self.to_dict())
+
     def update_store(self):
         local.store.context = self
 
@@ -299,7 +302,7 @@ class CommonRpcContext(object):
         # convert the RpcContext back to its native RequestContext doing
         # something like nova.context.RequestContext.from_dict(ctxt.to_dict())
 
-        context = copy.deepcopy(self)
+        context = self.deepcopy()
         context.values['is_admin'] = True
 
         context.values.setdefault('roles', [])
diff --git a/nova/rpc/impl_fake.py b/nova/rpc/impl_fake.py
index 54bd2497..24ef0e7c 100644
--- a/nova/rpc/impl_fake.py
+++ b/nova/rpc/impl_fake.py
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ class RpcContext(rpc_common.CommonRpcContext):
         self._response = []
         self._done = False
 
+    def deepcopy(self):
+        values = self.to_dict()
+        new_inst = self.__class__(**values)
+        new_inst._response = self._response
+        new_inst._done = self._done
+        return new_inst
+
     def reply(self, reply=None, failure=None, ending=False):
         if ending:
             self._done = True