diff --git a/ceilometer/alarm/notifier/rest.py b/ceilometer/alarm/notifier/rest.py
index ad376c246..39312c673 100644
--- a/ceilometer/alarm/notifier/rest.py
+++ b/ceilometer/alarm/notifier/rest.py
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ class RestAlarmNotifier(notifier.AlarmNotifier):
     def notify(self, action, alarm, state, reason):
         LOG.info("Notifying alarm %s in state %s with action %s because %s",
                  alarm, state, action, reason)
-
         body = {'state': state, 'reason': reason}
         kwargs = {'data': jsonutils.dumps(body)}
 
@@ -57,4 +56,4 @@ class RestAlarmNotifier(notifier.AlarmNotifier):
         if action.scheme == 'https' and cert:
             kwargs['cert'] = (cert, key) if key else cert
 
-        eventlet.spawn_n(requests.post, action, **kwargs)
+        eventlet.spawn_n(requests.post, action.geturl(), **kwargs)
diff --git a/tests/alarm/test_notifier.py b/tests/alarm/test_notifier.py
index 5f42bea77..0f473f53c 100644
--- a/tests/alarm/test_notifier.py
+++ b/tests/alarm/test_notifier.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ from oslo.config import cfg
 
 from ceilometer.alarm import service
 from ceilometer.openstack.common import context
-from ceilometer.openstack.common import network_utils
 from ceilometer.tests import base
 
 
@@ -69,7 +68,7 @@ class TestAlarmNotifier(base.TestCase):
         data_json = '{"state": "ALARM", "reason": "what ?"}'
 
         self.mox.StubOutWithMock(requests, "post")
-        requests.post(network_utils.urlsplit(action), data=data_json)
+        requests.post(action, data=data_json)
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
 
         with mock.patch('eventlet.spawn_n', self._fake_spawn_n):
@@ -90,7 +89,7 @@ class TestAlarmNotifier(base.TestCase):
         cfg.CONF.set_override("rest_notifier_certificate_file", certificate,
                               group='alarm')
         self.mox.StubOutWithMock(requests, "post")
-        requests.post(network_utils.urlsplit(action), data=data_json,
+        requests.post(action, data=data_json,
                       cert=certificate)
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
 
@@ -115,7 +114,7 @@ class TestAlarmNotifier(base.TestCase):
         cfg.CONF.set_override("rest_notifier_certificate_key", key,
                               group='alarm')
         self.mox.StubOutWithMock(requests, "post")
-        requests.post(network_utils.urlsplit(action), data=data_json,
+        requests.post(action, data=data_json,
                       cert=(certificate, key))
         self.mox.ReplayAll()