diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py b/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py
index eed7dd1..e8bd477 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/admin/v2/test_snapshot_manage.py
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
         new_snapshot = self.admin_snapshot_manage_client.manage_snapshot(
             volume_id=volume['id'],
             ref={'source-name': snapshot_ref})['snapshot']
-        self.addCleanup(self.delete_snapshot,
-                        self.admin_snapshots_client, new_snapshot['id'])
+        self.addCleanup(self.delete_snapshot, new_snapshot['id'],
+                        self.admin_snapshots_client)
 
         # Wait for the snapshot to be available after manage operation
         waiters.wait_for_volume_resource_status(self.admin_snapshots_client,
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/base.py b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
index f8c435f..fd10fb3 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/base.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/base.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
 
         snapshot = cls.snapshots_client.create_snapshot(
             volume_id=volume_id, **kwargs)['snapshot']
-        cls.snapshots.append(snapshot)
+        cls.snapshots.append(snapshot['id'])
         waiters.wait_for_volume_resource_status(cls.snapshots_client,
                                                 snapshot['id'], 'available')
         return snapshot
@@ -171,11 +171,14 @@
         client.delete_volume(volume_id)
         client.wait_for_resource_deletion(volume_id)
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def delete_snapshot(client, snapshot_id):
+    def delete_snapshot(self, snapshot_id, snapshots_client=None):
         """Delete snapshot by the given client"""
-        client.delete_snapshot(snapshot_id)
-        client.wait_for_resource_deletion(snapshot_id)
+        if snapshots_client is None:
+            snapshots_client = self.snapshots_client
+        snapshots_client.delete_snapshot(snapshot_id)
+        snapshots_client.wait_for_resource_deletion(snapshot_id)
+        if snapshot_id in self.snapshots:
+            self.snapshots.remove(snapshot_id)
 
     def attach_volume(self, server_id, volume_id):
         """Attach a volume to a server"""
@@ -207,12 +210,12 @@
     def clear_snapshots(cls):
         for snapshot in cls.snapshots:
             test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc(
-                cls.snapshots_client.delete_snapshot, snapshot['id'])
+                cls.snapshots_client.delete_snapshot, snapshot)
 
         for snapshot in cls.snapshots:
             test_utils.call_and_ignore_notfound_exc(
                 cls.snapshots_client.wait_for_resource_deletion,
-                snapshot['id'])
+                snapshot)
 
     def create_server(self, **kwargs):
         name = kwargs.pop(
diff --git a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
index 19cd98f..5abda5e 100644
--- a/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
+++ b/tempest/api/volume/test_volumes_snapshots.py
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@
         cls.name_field = cls.special_fields['name_field']
         cls.descrip_field = cls.special_fields['descrip_field']
 
-    def cleanup_snapshot(self, snapshot):
-        # Delete the snapshot
-        self.snapshots_client.delete_snapshot(snapshot['id'])
-        self.snapshots_client.wait_for_resource_deletion(snapshot['id'])
-        self.snapshots.remove(snapshot)
-
     @decorators.idempotent_id('b467b54c-07a4-446d-a1cf-651dedcc3ff1')
     @test.services('compute')
     def test_snapshot_create_with_volume_in_use(self):
@@ -54,7 +48,7 @@
         snapshot = self.create_snapshot(self.volume_origin['id'],
                                         force=True)
         # Delete the snapshot
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot)
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot['id'])
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('8567b54c-4455-446d-a1cf-651ddeaa3ff2')
     @test.services('compute')
@@ -70,9 +64,9 @@
 
         # Delete the snapshots. Some snapshot implementations can take
         # different paths according to order they are deleted.
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot1)
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot3)
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot2)
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot1['id'])
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot3['id'])
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot2['id'])
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('5210a1de-85a0-11e6-bb21-641c676a5d61')
     @test.services('compute')
@@ -91,9 +85,9 @@
 
         # Delete the snapshots. Some snapshot implementations can take
         # different paths according to order they are deleted.
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot3)
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot1)
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot2)
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot3['id'])
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot1['id'])
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot2['id'])
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('2a8abbe4-d871-46db-b049-c41f5af8216e')
     def test_snapshot_create_get_list_update_delete(self):
@@ -139,7 +133,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(new_desc, updated_snapshot[self.descrip_field])
 
         # Delete the snapshot
-        self.cleanup_snapshot(snapshot)
+        self.delete_snapshot(snapshot['id'])
 
     @decorators.idempotent_id('677863d1-3142-456d-b6ac-9924f667a7f4')
     def test_volume_from_snapshot(self):