diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/instance_actions.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/instance_actions.py
index ae0131f484..8fa089b3d4 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/instance_actions.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/instance_actions.py
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ class InstanceActionsController(wsgi.Controller):
         """Returns the list of actions recorded for a given instance."""
         context = req.environ["nova.context"]
         instance = self._get_instance(req, context, server_id)
-        context.can(ia_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME, instance)
+        context.can(ia_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME,
+                    target={'project_id': instance.project_id})
         actions_raw = self.action_api.actions_get(context, instance)
         actions = [self._format_action(action, ACTION_KEYS)
                    for action in actions_raw]
@@ -100,7 +101,8 @@ class InstanceActionsController(wsgi.Controller):
         """Returns the list of actions recorded for a given instance."""
         context = req.environ["nova.context"]
         instance = self._get_instance(req, context, server_id)
-        context.can(ia_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME, instance)
+        context.can(ia_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME,
+                    target={'project_id': instance.project_id})
         search_opts = {}
         search_opts.update(req.GET)
         if 'changes-since' in search_opts:
@@ -138,7 +140,8 @@ class InstanceActionsController(wsgi.Controller):
         """Return data about the given instance action."""
         context = req.environ['nova.context']
         instance = self._get_instance(req, context, server_id)
-        context.can(ia_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME, instance)
+        context.can(ia_policies.BASE_POLICY_NAME,
+                    target={'project_id': instance.project_id})
         action = self.action_api.action_get_by_request_id(context, instance,
                                                           id)
         if action is None:
@@ -158,7 +161,9 @@ class InstanceActionsController(wsgi.Controller):
         show_events = False
         show_traceback = False
         show_host = False
-        if context.can(ia_policies.POLICY_ROOT % 'events', fatal=False):
+        if context.can(ia_policies.POLICY_ROOT % 'events',
+                       target={'project_id': instance.project_id},
+                       fatal=False):
             # For all microversions, the user can see all event details
             # including the traceback.
             show_events = show_traceback = True
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_instance_actions.py b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_instance_actions.py
index 566f86ab5b..813ffc164c 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_instance_actions.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/api/openstack/compute/test_instance_actions.py
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ class InstanceActionsTestV21(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
     def fake_get(self, context, instance_uuid, expected_attrs=None,
                  cell_down_support=False):
-        return objects.Instance(uuid=instance_uuid)
+        return objects.Instance(
+            context, id=1, uuid=instance_uuid, project_id=context.project_id)
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(InstanceActionsTestV21, self).setUp()
@@ -273,7 +274,8 @@ class InstanceActionsTestV221(InstanceActionsTestV21):
     def fake_get(self, context, instance_uuid, expected_attrs=None,
                  cell_down_support=False):
         self.assertEqual('yes', context.read_deleted)
-        return objects.Instance(uuid=instance_uuid)
+        return objects.Instance(
+            context, id=1, uuid=instance_uuid, project_id=context.project_id)
 
 
 class InstanceActionsTestV251(InstanceActionsTestV221):