diff --git a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
index 8c53315822..40c3c2a279 100644
--- a/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
+++ b/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py
@@ -117,10 +117,7 @@ def _prep_server_detail(compute_client, server):
     """
     info = server._info.copy()
 
-    # Call .get() to retrieve all of the server information
-    # as findall(name=blah) and REST /details are not the same
-    # and do not return flavor and image information.
-    server = compute_client.servers.get(info['id'])
+    server = utils.find_resource(compute_client.servers, info['id'])
     info.update(server._info)
 
     # Convert the image blob to a name
diff --git a/openstackclient/tests/compute/v2/test_server.py b/openstackclient/tests/compute/v2/test_server.py
index 903d0bff51..cc0ac05367 100644
--- a/openstackclient/tests/compute/v2/test_server.py
+++ b/openstackclient/tests/compute/v2/test_server.py
@@ -1451,14 +1451,12 @@ class TestServerGeneral(TestServer):
     @mock.patch('openstackclient.common.utils.find_resource')
     def test_prep_server_detail(self, find_resource):
         # Setup mock method return value. utils.find_resource() will be called
-        # twice in _prep_server_detail():
-        # - The first time, return image info.
-        # - The second time, return flavor info.
+        # three times in _prep_server_detail():
+        # - The first time, return server info.
+        # - The second time, return image info.
+        # - The third time, return flavor info.
         _image = image_fakes.FakeImage.create_one_image()
         _flavor = compute_fakes.FakeFlavor.create_one_flavor()
-        find_resource.side_effect = [_image, _flavor]
-
-        # compute_client.servers.get() will be called once, return server info.
         server_info = {
             'image': {u'id': _image.id},
             'flavor': {u'id': _flavor.id},
@@ -1467,7 +1465,7 @@ class TestServerGeneral(TestServer):
             'links': u'http://xxx.yyy.com',
         }
         _server = compute_fakes.FakeServer.create_one_server(attrs=server_info)
-        self.servers_mock.get.return_value = _server
+        find_resource.side_effect = [_server, _image, _flavor]
 
         # Prepare result data.
         info = {