diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/nova_notifier.py b/ceilometer/compute/nova_notifier.py
index 543c500c6d..65cb8b3657 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/nova_notifier.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/nova_notifier.py
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ def notify(context, message):
     if message['event_type'] == 'compute.instance.delete.start':
         instance_id = message['payload']['instance_id']
         LOG.debug('polling final stats for %r', instance_id)
-        _agent_manager.poll_instance(
-            context,
-            db.instance_get_by_uuid(context, instance_id))
+        try:
+            from nova.conductor import api
+        except ImportError:
+            # Keep compatibility with folsom.
+            _agent_manager.poll_instance(context,
+                db.instance_get_by_uuid(context, instance_id))
+        else:
+            conductor_api = api.API()
+            _agent_manager.poll_instance(context,
+                conductor_api.instance_get_by_uuid(context, instance_id))
     return
diff --git a/tests/compute/test_nova_notifier.py b/tests/compute/test_nova_notifier.py
index dcfd035137..d3323ee00d 100644
--- a/tests/compute/test_nova_notifier.py
+++ b/tests/compute/test_nova_notifier.py
@@ -119,8 +119,6 @@ def setUp(self):
                          "access_ip_v6": "someip",
                          "metadata": {},
                          "uuid": "144e08f4-00cb-11e2-888e-5453ed1bbb5f"}
-
-        self.stubs.Set(db, 'instance_get_by_uuid', self.fake_db_instance_get)
         self.stubs.Set(db, 'instance_info_cache_delete', self.do_nothing)
         self.stubs.Set(db, 'instance_destroy', self.do_nothing)
         self.stubs.Set(db, 'instance_system_metadata_get',
@@ -155,6 +153,8 @@ def test_notifications(self):
             # Folsom does not have nova.conductor, and it is safe to
             # call this method directly, but not safe to mock it
             # because mock.patch() fails to find the original.
+            self.stubs.Set(db, 'instance_get_by_uuid',
+            self.fake_db_instance_get)
             self.compute.terminate_instance(self.context,
                                         instance=self.instance)
         else:
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ def test_notifications(self):
             # the nova manager and the remote system since we can't
             # expect the message bus to be available, or the remote
             # controller to be there if the message bus is online.
+            self.stubs.Set(nova.conductor.api.API, 'instance_get_by_uuid',
+            self.fake_db_instance_get)
             with mock.patch('nova.conductor.api.API.instance_update'):
                 self.compute.terminate_instance(self.context,
                                                 instance=self.instance)