diff --git a/controllers/common.go b/controllers/common.go
index 9b4bc984e..4e9e7dad2 100644
--- a/controllers/common.go
+++ b/controllers/common.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/nova-operator/pkg/nova"
 
 	gophercloud "github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud"
+	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/services"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/condition"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/env"
 	helper "github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/helper"
@@ -102,6 +103,35 @@ type conditionsGetter interface {
 	GetConditions() condition.Conditions
 }
 
+func cleanNovaServiceFromNovaDb(ctx context.Context,
+	h *helper.Helper, authURL string, adminUser string,
+	authPassword string, timeout time.Duration, l logr.Logger, serviceName string) error {
+	computeClient, _, err := getNovaClient(ctx, h, authURL, adminUser, authPassword, defaultRequestTimeout, l)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	opts := services.ListOpts{
+		Binary: serviceName,
+	}
+
+	allPages, err := services.List(computeClient, opts).AllPages()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	allServices, err := services.ExtractServices(allPages)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	for _, service := range allServices {
+		if service.State == "down" {
+			services.Delete(computeClient, service.ID)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return err
+}
+
 func allSubConditionIsTrue(conditionsGetter conditionsGetter) bool {
 	// It assumes that all of our conditions report success via the True status
 	for _, c := range conditionsGetter.GetConditions() {
diff --git a/controllers/novaconductor_controller.go b/controllers/novaconductor_controller.go
index 6a4fa74bd..0ae2f765d 100644
--- a/controllers/novaconductor_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/novaconductor_controller.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/services"
 	common "github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/condition"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/env"
@@ -462,28 +461,8 @@ func (r *NovaConductorReconciler) cleanServiceFromNovaDb(
 ) error {
 
 	authPassword := string(secret.Data[ServicePasswordSelector])
-	computeClient, _, err := getNovaClient(ctx, h, instance.Spec.KeystoneAuthURL, instance.Spec.ServiceUser, authPassword, defaultRequestTimeout, l)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	opts := services.ListOpts{
-		Binary: "nova-conductor",
-	}
-
-	allPages, err := services.List(computeClient, opts).AllPages()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	allServices, err := services.ExtractServices(allPages)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for _, service := range allServices {
-		if service.State == "down" {
-			services.Delete(computeClient, service.ID)
-		}
-	}
+	err := cleanNovaServiceFromNovaDb(ctx, h, instance.Spec.KeystoneAuthURL,
+		instance.Spec.ServiceUser, authPassword, defaultRequestTimeout, l, "nova-conductor")
 
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/controllers/novascheduler_controller.go b/controllers/novascheduler_controller.go
index 195f80ea1..3653fb28a 100644
--- a/controllers/novascheduler_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/novascheduler_controller.go
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/source"
 
 	"github.com/go-logr/logr"
-	"github.com/gophercloud/gophercloud/openstack/compute/v2/extensions/services"
 	common "github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/condition"
 	"github.com/openstack-k8s-operators/lib-common/modules/common/env"
@@ -422,28 +421,8 @@ func (r *NovaSchedulerReconciler) cleanServiceFromNovaDb(
 	l logr.Logger,
 ) error {
 	authPassword := string(secret.Data[ServicePasswordSelector])
-	computeClient, _, err := getNovaClient(ctx, h, instance.Spec.KeystoneAuthURL, instance.Spec.ServiceUser, authPassword, defaultRequestTimeout, l)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	opts := services.ListOpts{
-		Binary: "nova-scheduler",
-	}
-
-	allPages, err := services.List(computeClient, opts).AllPages()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	allServices, err := services.ExtractServices(allPages)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	for _, service := range allServices {
-		if service.State == "down" {
-			services.Delete(computeClient, service.ID)
-		}
-	}
+	err := cleanNovaServiceFromNovaDb(ctx, h, instance.Spec.KeystoneAuthURL,
+		instance.Spec.ServiceUser, authPassword, defaultRequestTimeout, l, "nova-scheduler")
 
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/test/functional/novaconductor_controller_test.go b/test/functional/novaconductor_controller_test.go
index 1dd18a3aa..aae60525d 100644
--- a/test/functional/novaconductor_controller_test.go
+++ b/test/functional/novaconductor_controller_test.go
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ var _ = Describe("NovaConductor controller", func() {
 	})
 })
 
-var _ = Describe("NovaConductorcontroller cleaning", func() {
+var _ = Describe("NovaConductor controller cleaning", func() {
 	var novaAPIServer *NovaAPIFixture
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		novaAPIServer = NewNovaAPIFixtureWithServer(logger)
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ var _ = Describe("NovaConductorcontroller cleaning", func() {
 		th.SimulateJobSuccess(cell0.DBSyncJobName)
 		th.SimulateStatefulSetReplicaReady(cell0.ConductorStatefulSetName)
 	})
-	When("NovaScheduler down service is removed from api", func() {
+	When("NovaConductor down service is removed from api", func() {
 		It("during reconciling", func() {
 			th.SimulateStatefulSetReplicaReady(cell0.ConductorStatefulSetName)
 			th.ExpectCondition(
@@ -680,6 +680,7 @@ var _ = Describe("NovaConductorcontroller cleaning", func() {
 				condition.DeploymentReadyCondition,
 				corev1.ConditionTrue,
 			)
+			Expect(novaAPIServer.FindRequest("GET", "/compute/os-services/", "binary=nova-conductor")).To(BeTrue())
 			Expect(novaAPIServer.FindRequest("DELETE", "/compute/os-services/3", "")).To(BeTrue())
 		})
 	})