diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py
index 19821e7..98d8896 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/json/agents_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import json
 import urllib
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import agents as common_schema
 from tempest.api_schema.compute.v2 import agents as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
@@ -37,7 +38,9 @@
         if params:
             url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
         resp, body = self.get(url)
-        return resp, json.loads(body).get('agents')
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.list_agents, resp, body)
+        return resp, body['agents']
 
     def create_agent(self, **kwargs):
         """Create an agent build."""
diff --git a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/agents_client.py b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/agents_client.py
index e1c286c..48be54c 100644
--- a/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/agents_client.py
+++ b/tempest/services/compute/v3/json/agents_client.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import json
 import urllib
 
+from tempest.api_schema.compute import agents as common_schema
 from tempest.api_schema.compute.v3 import agents as schema
 from tempest.common import rest_client
 from tempest import config
@@ -34,7 +35,9 @@
         if params:
             url += '?%s' % urllib.urlencode(params)
         resp, body = self.get(url)
-        return resp, self._parse_resp(body)
+        body = json.loads(body)
+        self.validate_response(common_schema.list_agents, resp, body)
+        return resp, body['agents']
 
     def create_agent(self, **kwargs):
         """Create an agent build."""