diff --git a/sandbox-apis/nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/live/compute/ServiceActionsLiveTest.java b/sandbox-apis/nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/live/compute/ServiceActionsLiveTest.java
index 9b50d262cc..b7a890540f 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/live/compute/ServiceActionsLiveTest.java
+++ b/sandbox-apis/nova/src/test/java/org/jclouds/openstack/nova/live/compute/ServiceActionsLiveTest.java
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.compute.domain.NodeState;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
@@ -20,6 +22,13 @@ public class ServiceActionsLiveTest extends ComputeBase {
 
    static private String group = "ServiceActionsLiveTest";
 
+   @BeforeTest
+   @Override
+   public void before() throws IOException, ExecutionException, TimeoutException, InterruptedException {
+      super.before();
+      computeService.destroyNodesMatching(inGroup(group));
+   }
+
    @Test
    public void testReboot() throws Exception {
       getDefaultNodeImmediately(group);