diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/vfs/test_guestfs.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/vfs/test_guestfs.py
index 9dc937202a..9e089341fd 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/vfs/test_guestfs.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/disk/vfs/test_guestfs.py
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ class VirtDiskVFSGuestFSTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
     @mock.patch('os.access')
     @mock.patch('os.uname', return_value=os_uname(
         'Linux', '', 'kernel_name', '', ''))
-    def test_appliance_setup_inspect_capabilties_fail_with_ubuntu(
+    def test_appliance_setup_inspect_capabilities_fail_with_ubuntu(
         self, mock_uname, mock_access,
     ):
         # In ubuntu os will default host kernel as 600 permission
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ class VirtDiskVFSGuestFSTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
         vfs = vfsimpl.VFSGuestFS(self.qcowfile)
         mock_access.return_value = False
         self.flags(debug=False, group='guestfs')
-        with mock.patch('eventlet.tpool.Proxy', return_value=m) as tpool_mock:
+        with mock.patch('nova.utils.tpool_wrap', return_value=m) as target:
             self.assertRaises(exception.LibguestfsCannotReadKernel,
                                     vfs.inspect_capabilities)
             m.add_drive.assert_called_once_with('/dev/null')
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ class VirtDiskVFSGuestFSTest(test.NoDBTestCase):
             mock_access.assert_called_once_with('/boot/vmlinuz-kernel_name',
                                                 mock.ANY)
             mock_uname.assert_called_once_with()
-            self.assertEqual(1, tpool_mock.call_count)
+            self.assertEqual(1, target.call_count)
 
     def test_appliance_setup_inspect_capabilties_debug_mode(self):
         """Asserts that we do not use an eventlet thread pool when guestfs
diff --git a/nova/virt/disk/vfs/guestfs.py b/nova/virt/disk/vfs/guestfs.py
index 5b3d7f6a7e..66fc561a41 100644
--- a/nova/virt/disk/vfs/guestfs.py
+++ b/nova/virt/disk/vfs/guestfs.py
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@
 
 import os
 
-from eventlet import tpool
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_utils import importutils
 
 import nova.conf
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
+from nova import utils
 from nova.virt.disk.vfs import api as vfs
 from nova.virt.image import model as imgmodel
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class VFSGuestFS(vfs.VFS):
                 LOG.debug('Inspecting guestfs capabilities non-threaded.')
                 g = guestfs.GuestFS()
             else:
-                g = tpool.Proxy(guestfs.GuestFS())
+                g = utils.tpool_wrap(guestfs.GuestFS())
             g.add_drive("/dev/null")  # sic
             g.launch()
         except Exception as e:
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class VFSGuestFS(vfs.VFS):
         LOG.debug("Setting up appliance for %(image)s",
                   {'image': self.image})
         try:
-            self.handle = tpool.Proxy(
+            self.handle = utils.tpool_wrap(
                 guestfs.GuestFS(python_return_dict=False,
                                 close_on_exit=False))
         except TypeError as e:
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ class VFSGuestFS(vfs.VFS):
                 # NOTE(russellb) In case we're not using a version of
                 # libguestfs new enough to support parameters close_on_exit
                 # and python_return_dict which were added in libguestfs 1.20.
-                self.handle = tpool.Proxy(guestfs.GuestFS())
+                self.handle = utils.tpool_wrap(guestfs.GuestFS())
             else:
                 raise