diff --git a/tempest/scenario/manager.py b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
index 7c986cc..5f30909 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/manager.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/manager.py
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@
                 'container': container}
         args.update(kwargs)
         backup = self.backups_client.create_backup(volume_id=volume_id,
-                                                   **kwargs)['backup']
+                                                   **args)['backup']
         self.addCleanup(self.backups_client.delete_backup, backup['id'])
         waiters.wait_for_volume_resource_status(self.backups_client,
                                                 backup['id'], 'available')
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index 210717a..7dc7115 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
         - tempest-multinode-full-py3:
             irrelevant-files: *tempest-irrelevant-files
         - tempest-tox-plugin-sanity-check:
+            # TODO(kopecmartin): non-voting until this is resolved:
+            # https://bugs.launchpad.net/tempest/+bug/2053026
+            voting: false
             irrelevant-files: &tempest-irrelevant-files-2
               - ^.*\.rst$
               - ^doc/.*$