2 files changed, 24 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/scheduler_hints.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/scheduler_hints.py
index 86b7564bd..4bff779a5 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/scheduler_hints.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/scheduler_hints.py
@@ -46,8 +46,13 @@ class SchedulerHintsController(wsgi.Controller):
     @wsgi.extends
     def create(self, req, body):
         hints = self._extract_scheduler_hints(body)
-        body['server']['scheduler_hints'] = hints
-        yield
+
+        if 'server' in body:
+            body['server']['scheduler_hints'] = hints
+            yield
+        else:
+            msg = _("Missing server attribute")
+            raise webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest(reason=msg)
 
 
 class Scheduler_hints(extensions.ExtensionDescriptor):
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_scheduler_hints.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_scheduler_hints.py
index c651444f4..afb6d966b 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_scheduler_hints.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/contrib/test_scheduler_hints.py
@@ -94,3 +94,20 @@ class SchedulerHintsTestCase(test.TestCase):
         req.body = jsonutils.dumps(body)
         res = req.get_response(self.app)
         self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)
+
+    def test_create_missing_server(self):
+        """Test create with malformed body"""
+
+        def fake_create(*args, **kwargs):
+            raise Exception("Request should not reach the compute API.")
+
+        self.stubs.Set(nova.compute.api.API, 'create', fake_create)
+
+        req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank('/fake/servers')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.content_type = 'application/json'
+        body = {'os:scheduler_hints': {'a': 'b'}}
+
+        req.body = jsonutils.dumps(body)
+        res = req.get_response(self.app)
+        self.assertEqual(400, res.status_int)