diff --git a/nova/storage/rbd_utils.py b/nova/storage/rbd_utils.py
index d0436c8e90..9a34526a04 100644
--- a/nova/storage/rbd_utils.py
+++ b/nova/storage/rbd_utils.py
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 import urllib
 
-from eventlet import tpool
-
 from oslo_concurrency import processutils
 from oslo_log import log as logging
 from oslo_serialization import jsonutils
@@ -28,6 +26,7 @@ from oslo_utils import excutils
 import nova.conf
 from nova import exception
 from nova.i18n import _
+from nova import utils
 
 try:
     import rados
@@ -52,7 +51,7 @@ class RbdProxy(object):
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self._rbd = tpool.Proxy(rbd.RBD())
+        self._rbd = utils.tpool_wrap(rbd.RBD())
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         return getattr(self._rbd, attr)
@@ -72,9 +71,8 @@ class RBDVolumeProxy(object):
                  read_only=False):
         client, ioctx = driver._connect_to_rados(pool)
         try:
-            self.volume = tpool.Proxy(rbd.Image(ioctx, name,
-                                                snapshot=snapshot,
-                                                read_only=read_only))
+            self.volume = utils.tpool_wrap(
+                rbd.Image(ioctx, name, snapshot=snapshot, read_only=read_only))
         except rbd.ImageNotFound:
             with excutils.save_and_reraise_exception():
                 LOG.debug("rbd image %s does not exist", name)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/storage/test_rbd.py b/nova/tests/unit/storage/test_rbd.py
index 923b09b846..6fd15a83fb 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/storage/test_rbd.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/storage/test_rbd.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from nova import exception
 from nova import objects
 from nova.storage import rbd_utils
 from nova import test
+from nova import utils
 
 
 CEPH_MON_DUMP = r"""dumped monmap epoch 1
@@ -147,7 +148,10 @@ class RbdTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
 
     def test_rbdproxy_wraps_rbd(self):
         proxy = rbd_utils.RbdProxy()
-        self.assertIsInstance(proxy._rbd, tpool.Proxy)
+        if utils.concurrency_mode_threading():
+            self.assertEqual(proxy._rbd, self.mock_rbd.RBD.return_value)
+        else:
+            self.assertIsInstance(proxy._rbd, tpool.Proxy)
 
     def test_rbdproxy_attribute_access_proxying(self):
         client = mock.MagicMock(ioctx='fake_ioctx')
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 8a5d120602..32827593a5 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -232,6 +232,22 @@ class GenericUtilsTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
         project_id = '9b9e3c847e904b0686e8ffb20e4c6381'
         self.assertEqual('', utils.generate_hostid(None, project_id))
 
+    @mock.patch('nova.utils.concurrency_mode_threading', return_value=False)
+    def test_tpool_wrap_eventlet(self, mock_concurrency_mode):
+        mock_target = mock.MagicMock()
+        target = utils.tpool_wrap(mock_target)
+
+        self.assertEqual(target._obj, mock_target)
+        mock_concurrency_mode.assert_called_once_with()
+
+    @mock.patch('nova.utils.concurrency_mode_threading', return_value=True)
+    def test_tpool_wrap_threading(self, mock_concurrency_mode):
+        mock_target = mock.MagicMock()
+        target = utils.tpool_wrap(mock_target)
+
+        self.assertEqual(target, mock_target)
+        mock_concurrency_mode.assert_called_once_with()
+
 
 class TestCachedFile(test.NoDBTestCase):
     @mock.patch('os.path.getmtime', return_value=1)
diff --git a/nova/utils.py b/nova/utils.py
index ae4fea3752..792095dd10 100644
--- a/nova/utils.py
+++ b/nova/utils.py
@@ -1288,3 +1288,13 @@ def _log_executor_stats(executor):
             name,
             len(executor._pool.coroutines_running), executor._pool.size,
             executor._delayed_work.unfinished_tasks, stats)
+
+
+def tpool_wrap(target):
+    """Wrap the target into an eventlet Tpool Proxy object if running
+    in eventlet mode. In threading mode no wrapping is applied.
+    """
+    if concurrency_mode_threading():
+        return target
+    else:
+        return tpool.Proxy(target)
diff --git a/threading_unit_test_excludes.txt b/threading_unit_test_excludes.txt
index 9f3417ced3..4d88fcfab8 100644
--- a/threading_unit_test_excludes.txt
+++ b/threading_unit_test_excludes.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 nova.tests.unit.console.rfb.test_authvencrypt.RFBAuthSchemeVeNCryptTestCase.test_security_handshake_fails_on_ssl_failure
 nova.tests.unit.console.rfb.test_authvencrypt.RFBAuthSchemeVeNCryptTestCase.test_security_handshake_without_x509
 nova.tests.unit.console.rfb.test_authvencrypt.RFBAuthSchemeVeNCryptTestCase.test_security_handshake_with_x509
-nova.tests.unit.storage.test_rbd.RbdTestCase.test_cleanup_volumes
-nova.tests.unit.storage.test_rbd.RbdTestCase.test_cleanup_volumes_fail_not_found
-nova.tests.unit.storage.test_rbd.RbdTestCase.test_cleanup_volumes_fail_other
-nova.tests.unit.storage.test_rbd.RbdTestCase.test_cleanup_volumes_fail_snapshots
-nova.tests.unit.storage.test_rbd.RbdTestCase.test_cleanup_volumes_pending_resize
-nova.tests.unit.storage.test_rbd.RbdTestCase.test_cleanup_volumes_reverting_resize
-nova.tests.unit.storage.test_rbd.RbdTestCase.test_destroy_volume
 nova.tests.unit.test_context.ContextTestCase.test_scatter_gather_cells_queued_task_cancelled
 nova.tests.unit.virt.libvirt.test_driver.CacheConcurrencyTestCase.test_different_fname_concurrency
 nova.tests.unit.virt.libvirt.test_driver.CacheConcurrencyTestCase.test_same_fname_concurrency