diff --git a/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_rpc.py b/ironic/tests/unit/common/test_rpc.py
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+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+import mock
+
+from ironic.common import context as ironic_context
+from ironic.common import rpc
+from ironic.tests import base
+
+
+class TestRequestContextSerializer(base.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(TestRequestContextSerializer, self).setUp()
+
+        self.mock_serializer = mock.MagicMock()
+        self.serializer = rpc.RequestContextSerializer(self.mock_serializer)
+        self.context = ironic_context.RequestContext()
+        self.entity = {'foo': 'bar'}
+
+    def test_serialize_entity(self):
+        self.serializer.serialize_entity(self.context, self.entity)
+        self.mock_serializer.serialize_entity.assert_called_with(
+            self.context, self.entity)
+
+    def test_serialize_entity_empty_base(self):
+        # NOTE(viktors): Return False for check `if self.serializer._base:`
+        bool_args = {'__bool__': lambda *args: False,
+                     '__nonzero__': lambda *args: False}
+        self.mock_serializer.configure_mock(**bool_args)
+
+        entity = self.serializer.serialize_entity(self.context, self.entity)
+        self.assertFalse(self.mock_serializer.serialize_entity.called)
+        # If self.serializer._base is empty, return entity directly
+        self.assertEqual(self.entity, entity)
+
+    def test_deserialize_entity(self):
+        self.serializer.deserialize_entity(self.context, self.entity)
+        self.mock_serializer.deserialize_entity.assert_called_with(
+            self.context, self.entity)
+
+    def test_deserialize_entity_empty_base(self):
+        # NOTE(viktors): Return False for check `if self.serializer._base:`
+        bool_args = {'__bool__': lambda *args: False,
+                     '__nonzero__': lambda *args: False}
+        self.mock_serializer.configure_mock(**bool_args)
+
+        entity = self.serializer.deserialize_entity(self.context, self.entity)
+        self.assertFalse(self.mock_serializer.serialize_entity.called)
+        self.assertEqual(self.entity, entity)
+
+    def test_serialize_context(self):
+        serialize_values = self.serializer.serialize_context(self.context)
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.context.to_dict(), serialize_values)
+
+    def test_deserialize_context(self):
+        self.context.user = 'fake-user'
+        self.context.tenant = 'fake-tenant'
+        serialize_values = self.context.to_dict()
+        new_context = self.serializer.deserialize_context(serialize_values)
+        # Ironic RequestContext from_dict will pop 'user' and 'tenant' and
+        # initialize to None.
+        self.assertIsNone(new_context.user)
+        self.assertIsNone(new_context.tenant)