diff --git a/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/resources/cloud_loadbalancer.py b/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/resources/cloud_loadbalancer.py
index f75af3c8d3..b356428884 100644
--- a/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/resources/cloud_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/resources/cloud_loadbalancer.py
@@ -789,6 +789,7 @@ class CloudLoadBalancer(resource.Resource):
         return False
 
     def _access_list_needs_update(self, old, new):
+        old = [{key: al[key] for key in self._ACCESS_LIST_KEYS} for al in old]
         old = set([frozenset(s.items()) for s in old])
         new = set([frozenset(s.items()) for s in new])
         return old != new
diff --git a/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/tests/test_cloud_loadbalancer.py b/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/tests/test_cloud_loadbalancer.py
index d5fb7ab2a0..f8cb8a6050 100644
--- a/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/tests/test_cloud_loadbalancer.py
+++ b/contrib/rackspace/rackspace/tests/test_cloud_loadbalancer.py
@@ -680,6 +680,10 @@ class LoadBalancerTest(common.HeatTestCase):
                         'type': 'ALLOW'},
                        {'address': '172.165.3.43',
                         'type': 'DENY'}]
+        api_access_list = [{"address": '192.168.1.1/0', 'id': 1234,
+                            'type': 'ALLOW'},
+                           {'address': '172.165.3.43', 'id': 3422,
+                            'type': 'DENY'}]
 
         template = self._set_template(self.lb_template,
                                       accessList=access_list)
@@ -688,7 +692,7 @@ class LoadBalancerTest(common.HeatTestCase):
                                                 self.expected_body)
         self.m.StubOutWithMock(fake_lb, 'get_access_list')
         fake_lb.get_access_list().AndReturn([])
-        fake_lb.get_access_list().AndReturn(access_list)
+        fake_lb.get_access_list().AndReturn(api_access_list)
 
         self.m.StubOutWithMock(fake_lb, 'add_access_list')
         fake_lb.add_access_list(access_list)