diff --git a/nova/policies/create_backup.py b/nova/policies/create_backup.py
index b90016ed5a..b7acc36bd5 100644
--- a/nova/policies/create_backup.py
+++ b/nova/policies/create_backup.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BASE_POLICY_NAME = 'os_compute_api:os-create-backup'
 create_backup_policies = [
     policy.DocumentedRuleDefault(
         name=BASE_POLICY_NAME,
-        check_str=base.RULE_ADMIN_OR_OWNER,
+        check_str=base.PROJECT_MEMBER_OR_SYSTEM_ADMIN,
         description='Create a back up of a server',
         operations=[
             {
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_create_backup.py b/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_create_backup.py
index 3863ccc409..81cdcd58b6 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_create_backup.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/policies/test_create_backup.py
@@ -88,3 +88,29 @@ class CreateBackupScopeTypePolicyTest(CreateBackupPolicyTest):
     def setUp(self):
         super(CreateBackupScopeTypePolicyTest, self).setUp()
         self.flags(enforce_scope=True, group="oslo_policy")
+
+
+class CreateBackupNoLegacyPolicyTest(CreateBackupPolicyTest):
+    """Test Create Backup APIs policies with system scope enabled,
+    and no more deprecated rules that allow the legacy admin API to
+    access system_admin_or_owner APIs.
+    """
+    without_deprecated_rules = True
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(CreateBackupNoLegacyPolicyTest, self).setUp()
+        self.flags(enforce_scope=True, group="oslo_policy")
+
+        # Check that system or projct admin or owner is able to create
+        # server backup.
+        self.admin_authorized_contexts = [
+            self.system_admin_context,
+            self.project_admin_context, self.project_member_context]
+        # Check that non-system and non-admin/owner is not able to
+        # create server backup.
+        self.admin_unauthorized_contexts = [
+            self.legacy_admin_context, self.project_reader_context,
+            self.project_foo_context,
+            self.system_member_context, self.system_reader_context,
+            self.system_foo_context,
+            self.other_project_member_context]