diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
index 81a477e8ac5..64fe4dc9aa4 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_scale_vm.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ class TestScaleVm(cloudstackTestCase):
         # Get Zone, Domain and templates
         domain = get_domain(cls.api_client, cls.services)
         zone = get_zone(cls.api_client, cls.services)
-        cls.services['mode'] = cls.zone.networktype
+        cls.services['mode'] = zone.networktype
 
         template = get_template(
                             cls.api_client,