diff --git a/cinder/quota.py b/cinder/quota.py
index 5452f1f0e11..4ef6d86b517 100644
--- a/cinder/quota.py
+++ b/cinder/quota.py
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ quota_opts = [
     cfg.IntOpt('reservation_expire',
                default=86400,
                help='Number of seconds until a reservation expires'),
+    cfg.IntOpt('reservation_clean_interval',
+               default='$reservation_expire',
+               help='Interval between periodic task runs to clean expired '
+                    'reservations in seconds.'),
     cfg.IntOpt('until_refresh',
                default=0,
                help='Count of reservations until usage is refreshed'),
diff --git a/cinder/scheduler/manager.py b/cinder/scheduler/manager.py
index 5db8b09e6ae..3bfeb794779 100644
--- a/cinder/scheduler/manager.py
+++ b/cinder/scheduler/manager.py
@@ -99,6 +99,11 @@ class SchedulerManager(manager.CleanableManager, manager.Manager):
     def _clean_expired_messages(self, context):
         self.message_api.cleanup_expired_messages(context)
 
+    @periodic_task.periodic_task(spacing=CONF.reservation_clean_interval,
+                                 run_immediately=True)
+    def _clean_expired_reservation(self, context):
+        QUOTAS.expire(context)
+
     def update_service_capabilities(self, context, service_name=None,
                                     host=None, capabilities=None,
                                     cluster_name=None, timestamp=None,
diff --git a/cinder/tests/unit/scheduler/test_scheduler.py b/cinder/tests/unit/scheduler/test_scheduler.py
index 6c32675ed1f..ae3400b7a36 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/unit/scheduler/test_scheduler.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/unit/scheduler/test_scheduler.py
@@ -94,12 +94,19 @@ class SchedulerManagerTestCase(test.TestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(volume_rpcapi.client.serializer._base.manifest)
 
     @mock.patch('cinder.message.api.API.cleanup_expired_messages')
-    def test__clean_expired_messages(self, mock_clean):
+    def test_clean_expired_messages(self, mock_clean):
 
         self.manager._clean_expired_messages(self.context)
 
         mock_clean.assert_called_once_with(self.context)
 
+    @mock.patch('cinder.quota.QuotaEngine.expire')
+    def test_clean_expired_reservation(self, mock_clean):
+
+        self.manager._clean_expired_reservation(self.context)
+
+        mock_clean.assert_called_once_with(self.context)
+
     @mock.patch('cinder.scheduler.driver.Scheduler.'
                 'update_service_capabilities')
     def test_update_service_capabilities_empty_dict(self, _mock_update_cap):
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/period-task-clean-reservation-0e0617a7905df923.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/period-task-clean-reservation-0e0617a7905df923.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7f51fd4c2a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/period-task-clean-reservation-0e0617a7905df923.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  -  Added periodic task to clean expired reservation in cinder scheduler.
+     Added a configuration option ``reservation_clean_interval`` to handle
+     the interval.