diff --git a/ironic/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py b/ironic/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py
index ff4375f6b6..3201b8baa8 100644
--- a/ironic/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py
+++ b/ironic/nova/scheduler/ironic_host_manager.py
@@ -84,18 +84,17 @@ class IronicNodeState(host_manager.HostState):
         self.updated = timeutils.utcnow()
 
 
-def new_host_state(self, host, node, capabilities=None, service=None):
+def new_host_state(self, host, node, **kwargs):
     """Returns an instance of IronicNodeState or HostState according to
-    capabilities. If 'ironic_driver' is in capabilities, it returns an
-    instance of IronicHostState. If not, returns an instance of HostState.
+    compute['cpu_info']. If 'cpu_info' equals 'baremetal cpu', it returns an
+    instance of IronicNodeState. If not, returns an instance of HostState.
     """
-    if capabilities is None:
-        capabilities = {}
-    cap = capabilities.get('compute', {})
-    if bool(cap.get('ironic_driver')):
-        return IronicNodeState(host, node, capabilities, service)
+    compute = kwargs.get('compute')
+
+    if compute and compute.get('cpu_info') == 'baremetal cpu':
+        return IronicNodeState(host, node, **kwargs)
     else:
-        return host_manager.HostState(host, node, capabilities, service)
+        return host_manager.HostState(host, node, **kwargs)
 
 
 class IronicHostManager(host_manager.HostManager):
diff --git a/ironic/nova/tests/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py b/ironic/nova/tests/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py
index c8de6dd365..23c99a6fb2 100644
--- a/ironic/nova/tests/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py
+++ b/ironic/nova/tests/scheduler/test_ironic_host_manager.py
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 Tests For IronicHostManager
 """
 
+import mock
+
 from ironic.nova.scheduler import ironic_host_manager
 from ironic.nova.tests.scheduler import ironic_fakes
 
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ from nova import db
 from nova import exception
 from nova.openstack.common import jsonutils
 from nova.scheduler import filters
+from nova.scheduler import host_manager
 from nova import test
 
 
@@ -87,6 +90,22 @@ class IronicHostManagerChangedNodesTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase):
                                         '[["i386", "baremetal", "baremetal"]]',
                             free_disk_gb=10, free_ram_mb=1024)
 
+    @mock.patch.object(ironic_host_manager.IronicNodeState, '__init__')
+    def test_create_ironic_node_state(self, init_mock):
+        init_mock.return_value = None
+        compute = {'cpu_info': 'baremetal cpu'}
+        host_state = self.host_manager.host_state_cls('fake-host', 'fake-node',
+                                                      compute=compute)
+        self.assertIs(ironic_host_manager.IronicNodeState, type(host_state))
+
+    @mock.patch.object(host_manager.HostState, '__init__')
+    def test_create_non_ironic_host_state(self, init_mock):
+        init_mock.return_value = None
+        compute = {'cpu_info': 'other cpu'}
+        host_state = self.host_manager.host_state_cls('fake-host', 'fake-node',
+                                                      compute=compute)
+        self.assertIs(host_manager.HostState, type(host_state))
+
     def test_get_all_host_states_after_delete_one(self):
         context = 'fake_context'