diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_api.py b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_api.py
index fe43e423f0..80072f38fa 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_api.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/compute/test_compute_api.py
@@ -212,6 +212,9 @@ class _ComputeAPIUnitTestMixIn(object):
 
         mock_reserve.side_effect = quota_exception
 
+        # We don't care about network validation in this test.
+        self.compute_api.network_api.validate_networks = (
+            mock.Mock(return_value=40))
         with mock.patch.object(self.compute_api, '_get_image',
                                return_value=(image_id, {})) as mock_get_image:
             for min_count, message in [(20, '20-40'), (40, '40')]:
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 93464f028a..1d0a14838b 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ class ValidateIntegerTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
 class ValidateNeutronConfiguration(test.NoDBTestCase):
     def test_nova_network(self):
+        self.flags(use_neutron=False)
         self.assertFalse(utils.is_neutron())
 
     def test_neutron(self):
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/hyperv/test_vmops.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/hyperv/test_vmops.py
index ae3aa189b5..78c666476f 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/hyperv/test_vmops.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/hyperv/test_vmops.py
@@ -390,7 +390,10 @@ class VMOpsTestCase(test_base.HyperVBaseTestCase):
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.hyperv.vmops.VMOps._create_ephemerals')
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.hyperv.vmops.VMOps._create_root_device')
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.hyperv.vmops.VMOps._delete_disk_files')
-    def _test_spawn(self, mock_delete_disk_files, mock_create_root_device,
+    @mock.patch('nova.virt.hyperv.vmops.VMOps._get_neutron_events',
+                return_value=[])
+    def _test_spawn(self, mock_get_neutron_events,
+                    mock_delete_disk_files, mock_create_root_device,
                     mock_create_ephemerals, mock_get_image_vm_gen,
                     mock_create_instance, mock_save_device_metadata,
                     mock_configdrive_required,
@@ -437,6 +440,7 @@ class VMOpsTestCase(test_base.HyperVBaseTestCase):
                                                             fake_vm_gen)
             mock_create_ephemerals.assert_called_once_with(
                 mock_instance, block_device_info['ephemerals'])
+            mock_get_neutron_events.assert_called_once_with(mock.sentinel.INFO)
             mock_get_image_vm_gen.assert_called_once_with(mock_instance.uuid,
                                                           mock_image_meta)
             mock_create_instance.assert_called_once_with(