diff --git a/nova/objects/request_spec.py b/nova/objects/request_spec.py
index 0e32d99190f9..c6521b1b3053 100644
--- a/nova/objects/request_spec.py
+++ b/nova/objects/request_spec.py
@@ -506,6 +506,9 @@ class RequestSpec(base.NovaObject):
             if 'instance_group' in spec and spec.instance_group:
                 spec.instance_group.members = None
                 spec.instance_group.hosts = None
+            # NOTE(mriedem): Don't persist retries since those are per-request
+            if 'retry' in spec and spec.retry:
+                spec.retry = None
 
             db_updates = {'spec': jsonutils.dumps(spec.obj_to_primitive())}
             if 'instance_uuid' in updates:
diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_1718512.py b/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_1718512.py
index 74596ea55100..aefbef294d6a 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_1718512.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/regressions/test_bug_1718512.py
@@ -143,17 +143,13 @@ class TestRequestSpecRetryReschedule(test.TestCase,
         data = {'os-migrateLive': {'host': 'host2', 'block_migration': 'auto'}}
         self.admin_api.post_server_action(server['id'], data)
         server = self._wait_for_state_change(self.admin_api, server, 'ACTIVE')
-        # FIXME(mriedem): This is bug 1718512 where the failed resize left
-        # host2 in the RequestSpec.retry field and it affects the live migrate
-        # to host2 because the scheduler RetryFilter kicks it out.
-        self.assertEqual('host3', server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'])
-        migrations = self.admin_api.api_get(
-            'os-migrations?instance_uuid=%s&migration_type=live-migration' %
-            server['id']).body['migrations']
-        self.assertEqual(1, len(migrations))
-        self.assertEqual('error', migrations[0]['status'])
+        self.assertEqual('host2', server['OS-EXT-SRV-ATTR:host'])
+        # NOTE(mriedem): The instance status effectively goes to ACTIVE before
+        # the migration status is changed to "completed" since
+        # post_live_migration_at_destination changes the instance status
+        # and _post_live_migration changes the migration status later. So we
+        # need to poll the migration record until it's complete or we timeout.
+        self._wait_for_migration_status(server, 'completed')
         reqspec = objects.RequestSpec.get_by_instance_uuid(
             nova_context.get_admin_context(), server['id'])
-        self.assertIsNotNone(reqspec.retry)
-        self.assertEqual(1, reqspec.retry.num_attempts)
-        self.assertEqual('host2', reqspec.retry.hosts[0].host)
+        self.assertIsNone(reqspec.retry)
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_request_spec.py b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_request_spec.py
index 00faeff3ce3c..52734fbd5b6a 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_request_spec.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/objects/test_request_spec.py
@@ -535,13 +535,14 @@ class _TestRequestSpecObject(object):
 
         # object fields
         for field in ['image', 'numa_topology', 'pci_requests', 'flavor',
-                'retry', 'limits']:
+                      'limits']:
             self.assertEqual(
                     getattr(req_obj, field).obj_to_primitive(),
                     getattr(serialized_obj, field).obj_to_primitive())
 
         self.assertIsNone(serialized_obj.instance_group.members)
         self.assertIsNone(serialized_obj.instance_group.hosts)
+        self.assertIsNone(serialized_obj.retry)
 
     def test_create(self):
         req_obj = fake_request_spec.fake_spec_obj(remove_id=True)