diff --git a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/servers.py b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/servers.py
index b7ec0a5cba8a..d4ef13525153 100644
--- a/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/servers.py
+++ b/nova/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/servers.py
@@ -509,7 +509,8 @@ class ServersController(wsgi.Controller):
               namespace=self.EXTENSION_CREATE_NAMESPACE,
               check_func=_create_check_load_extension('server_create'),
               invoke_on_load=True,
-              invoke_kwds={"extension_info": self.extension_info})
+              invoke_kwds={"extension_info": self.extension_info},
+              propagate_map_exceptions=True)
         if not list(self.create_extension_manager):
             LOG.debug(_("Did not find any server create extensions"))
 
@@ -521,7 +522,8 @@ class ServersController(wsgi.Controller):
               check_func=_create_check_load_extension(
                   'server_xml_extract_server_deserialize'),
               invoke_on_load=True,
-              invoke_kwds={"extension_info": self.extension_info})
+              invoke_kwds={"extension_info": self.extension_info},
+              propagate_map_exceptions=True)
         if not list(self.create_xml_deserialize_manager):
             LOG.debug(_("Did not find any server create xml deserializer"
                         " extensions"))
diff --git a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/test_servers.py b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/test_servers.py
index c13996a1c8b0..d2c9cbef21cd 100644
--- a/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/test_servers.py
+++ b/nova/tests/api/openstack/compute/plugins/v3/test_servers.py
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@ import webob
 
 from nova.api.openstack import compute
 from nova.api.openstack.compute import plugins
+from nova.api.openstack.compute.plugins.v3 import availability_zone
 from nova.api.openstack.compute.plugins.v3 import ips
+from nova.api.openstack.compute.plugins.v3 import keypairs
 from nova.api.openstack.compute.plugins.v3 import servers
 from nova.api.openstack.compute import views
 from nova.api.openstack import xmlutil
@@ -2836,6 +2838,42 @@ class ServersControllerCreateTest(test.TestCase):
         self._check_admin_pass_len(server)
         self.assertEqual(FAKE_UUID, server['id'])
 
+    def test_create_instance_extension_create_exception(self):
+        def fake_keypair_server_create(self, server_dict,
+                                       create_kwargs):
+            raise KeyError
+
+        self.stubs.Set(keypairs.Keypairs, 'server_create',
+                       fake_keypair_server_create)
+        # proper local hrefs must start with 'http://localhost/v3/'
+        image_uuid = '76fa36fc-c930-4bf3-8c8a-ea2a2420deb6'
+        image_href = 'http://localhost/v3/images/%s' % image_uuid
+        flavor_ref = 'http://localhost/123/flavors/3'
+        body = {
+            'server': {
+                'name': 'server_test',
+                'imageRef': image_href,
+                'flavorRef': flavor_ref,
+                'metadata': {
+                    'hello': 'world',
+                    'open': 'stack',
+                },
+                'personality': [
+                    {
+                        "path": "/etc/banner.txt",
+                        "contents": "MQ==",
+                    },
+
+                ],
+            },
+        }
+
+        req = fakes.HTTPRequestV3.blank('/servers')
+        req.method = 'POST'
+        req.body = jsonutils.dumps(body)
+        req.headers["content-type"] = "application/json"
+        self.assertRaises(KeyError, self.controller.create, req, body)
+
     def test_create_instance_pass_disabled(self):
         self.flags(enable_instance_password=False)
         # proper local hrefs must start with 'http://localhost/v3/'
@@ -3246,7 +3284,9 @@ class TestServerCreateRequestXMLDeserializer(test.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestServerCreateRequestXMLDeserializer, self).setUp()
-        self.deserializer = servers.CreateDeserializer(None)
+        ext_info = plugins.LoadedExtensionInfo()
+        servers_controller = servers.ServersController(extension_info=ext_info)
+        self.deserializer = servers.CreateDeserializer(servers_controller)
 
     def test_minimal_request(self):
         serial_request = """
@@ -3264,6 +3304,23 @@ class TestServerCreateRequestXMLDeserializer(test.TestCase):
         }
         self.assertEquals(request['body'], expected)
 
+    def test_xml_create_exception(self):
+        def fake_availablity_extract_xml_deserialize(self,
+                                                     server_node,
+                                                     server_dict):
+            raise KeyError
+
+        self.stubs.Set(availability_zone.AvailabilityZone,
+                       'server_xml_extract_server_deserialize',
+                       fake_availablity_extract_xml_deserialize)
+        serial_request = """
+<server xmlns="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v2"
+        name="new-server-test"
+        imageRef="1"
+        flavorRef="2"/>"""
+        self.assertRaises(KeyError, self.deserializer.deserialize,
+                          serial_request)
+
     def test_request_with_alternate_namespace_prefix(self):
         serial_request = """
 <ns2:server xmlns:ns2="http://docs.openstack.org/compute/api/v2"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2e9a82e940f..13980e78965a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ python-neutronclient>=2.2.3,<3.0.0
 python-glanceclient>=0.9.0
 python-keystoneclient>=0.2.0
 six
-stevedore>=0.9
+stevedore>=0.10
 websockify<0.4
 pyparsing>=1.5.7,<2.0 # order-dependent python-quantumclient req, bug 1191866