diff --git a/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py b/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
index d22facfae..69734d86b 100644
--- a/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
+++ b/ceilometer/compute/virt/libvirt/inspector.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class LibvirtInspector(virt_inspector.Inspector):
                     if domain_id != 0:
                         domain = self._get_connection().lookupByID(domain_id)
                         yield virt_inspector.Instance(name=domain.name(),
-                                                      uuid=domain.UUIDString())
+                                                      UUID=domain.UUIDString())
                 except libvirt.libvirtError:
                     # Instance was deleted while listing... ignore it
                     pass
diff --git a/tests/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py b/tests/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
index e37d0315f..29f8c46be 100644
--- a/tests/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
+++ b/tests/compute/virt/libvirt/test_inspector.py
@@ -34,12 +34,35 @@ class TestLibvirtInspection(test.BaseTestCase):
         self.inspector = libvirt_inspector.LibvirtInspector()
         self.mox = self.useFixture(moxstubout.MoxStubout()).mox
         self.inspector.connection = self.mox.CreateMockAnything()
-        self.inspector.connection.getCapabilities()
         self.domain = self.mox.CreateMockAnything()
-        self.inspector.connection.lookupByName(self.instance_name).AndReturn(
-            self.domain)
+
+    def test_inspect_instances(self):
+        class FakeDomain(object):
+            def name(self):
+                return 'fake_name'
+
+            def UUIDString(self):
+                return 'uuid'
+
+        fake_domain = FakeDomain()
+        self.inspector.connection.getCapabilities()
+        self.inspector.connection.numOfDomains().AndReturn(1)
+        self.inspector.connection.getCapabilities()
+        self.inspector.connection.listDomainsID().AndReturn([42])
+        self.inspector.connection.getCapabilities()
+        self.inspector.connection.lookupByID(42).AndReturn(fake_domain)
+        self.mox.ReplayAll()
+
+        inspected_instances = list(self.inspector.inspect_instances())
+        self.assertEqual(len(inspected_instances), 1)
+        inspected_instance = inspected_instances[0]
+        self.assertEqual(inspected_instance.name, 'fake_name')
+        self.assertEqual(inspected_instance.UUID, 'uuid')
 
     def test_inspect_cpus(self):
+        self.inspector.connection.getCapabilities()
+        self.inspector.connection.lookupByName(self.instance_name).AndReturn(
+            self.domain)
         self.domain.info().AndReturn((0L, 0L, 0L, 2L, 999999L))
         self.mox.ReplayAll()
 
@@ -105,6 +128,9 @@ class TestLibvirtInspection(test.BaseTestCase):
              </domain>
         """
 
+        self.inspector.connection.getCapabilities()
+        self.inspector.connection.lookupByName(self.instance_name).AndReturn(
+            self.domain)
         self.domain.XMLDesc(0).AndReturn(dom_xml)
         self.domain.interfaceStats('vnet0').AndReturn((1L, 2L, 0L, 0L,
                                                        3L, 4L, 0L, 0L))
@@ -171,6 +197,9 @@ class TestLibvirtInspection(test.BaseTestCase):
              </domain>
         """
 
+        self.inspector.connection.getCapabilities()
+        self.inspector.connection.lookupByName(self.instance_name).AndReturn(
+            self.domain)
         self.domain.XMLDesc(0).AndReturn(dom_xml)
 
         self.domain.blockStats('vda').AndReturn((1L, 2L, 3L, 4L, -1))