diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py
index 8984d1d..eddfd73 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_attach_interfaces.py
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@
             _, servers = compute.create_test_server(
                 self.os_primary, tenant_network=network,
                 validatable=True,
+                wait_until='ACTIVE',
                 validation_resources=validation_resources)
             return servers[0]