diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py
index 6908262d9e5..ab06595b26c 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/servers.py
@@ -844,7 +844,8 @@ def create(self, req, body):
 
         try:
             _get_inst_type = instance_types.get_instance_type_by_flavor_id
-            inst_type = _get_inst_type(flavor_id, read_deleted="no")
+            inst_type = _get_inst_type(flavor_id, ctxt=context,
+                                       read_deleted="no")
 
             (instances, resv_id) = self.compute_api.create(context,
                             inst_type,
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_servers.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_servers.py
index cd88a2aa59e..5cb26bd4e7d 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_servers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/test_servers.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 from nova.compute import instance_types
 from nova.compute import task_states
 from nova.compute import vm_states
+import nova.context
 import nova.db
 from nova.db.sqlalchemy import models
 from nova import flags
@@ -1703,10 +1704,10 @@ def _check_admin_pass_missing(self, server_dict):
         """
         self.assertTrue("adminPass" not in server_dict)
 
-    def _test_create_instance(self):
+    def _test_create_instance(self, flavor=2):
         image_uuid = 'c905cedb-7281-47e4-8a62-f26bc5fc4c77'
         body = dict(server=dict(
-            name='server_test', imageRef=image_uuid, flavorRef=2,
+            name='server_test', imageRef=image_uuid, flavorRef=flavor,
             metadata={'hello': 'world', 'open': 'stack'},
             personality={}))
         req = fakes.HTTPRequest.blank('/v2/fake/servers')
@@ -1718,6 +1719,24 @@ def _test_create_instance(self):
         self._check_admin_pass_len(server)
         self.assertEqual(FAKE_UUID, server['id'])
 
+    def test_create_instance_private_flavor(self):
+        values = {
+            'name': 'fake_name',
+            'memory_mb': 512,
+            'vcpus': 1,
+            'root_gb': 10,
+            'ephemeral_gb': 10,
+            'flavorid': '1324',
+            'swap': 0,
+            'rxtx_factor': 0.5,
+            'vcpu_weight': 1,
+            'disabled': False,
+            'is_public': False,
+        }
+        nova.db.instance_type_create(nova.context.get_admin_context(), values)
+        self.assertRaises(webob.exc.HTTPBadRequest, self._test_create_instance,
+                          flavor=1324)
+
     def test_create_server_bad_image_href(self):
         image_href = 1
         flavor_ref = 'http://localhost/123/flavors/3'