diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/availability_zone.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/availability_zone.py
index 77b720e315..20b4a2147a 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/availability_zone.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/availability_zone.py
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class AvailabilityZoneController(wsgi.Controller):
     def index(self, req):
         """Returns a summary list of availability zone."""
         context = req.environ['nova.context']
-        context.can(az_policies.POLICY_ROOT % 'list')
+        context.can(az_policies.POLICY_ROOT % 'list', target={})
 
         return self._describe_availability_zones(context)
 
@@ -114,6 +114,6 @@ class AvailabilityZoneController(wsgi.Controller):
     def detail(self, req):
         """Returns a detailed list of availability zone."""
         context = req.environ['nova.context']
-        context.can(az_policies.POLICY_ROOT % 'detail')
+        context.can(az_policies.POLICY_ROOT % 'detail', target={})
 
         return self._describe_availability_zones_verbose(context)