diff --git a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/vshield/vcns.py b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/vshield/vcns.py
index 12e3483af6..e638d076b8 100644
--- a/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/vshield/vcns.py
+++ b/vmware_nsx/plugins/nsx_v/vshield/vcns.py
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ IPAM_POOL_SERVICE = "ipam/pools"
 CSR = "csr"
 CERTIFICATE = "certificate"
 
+NETWORK_TYPES = ['Network', 'VirtualWire', 'DistributedVirtualPortgroup']
+
 
 def retry_upon_exception(exc, delay=500, max_delay=4000,
                          max_attempts=cfg.CONF.nsxv.retries):
@@ -791,14 +793,14 @@ class Vcns(object):
                                              format='xml')
         return scoping_objects
 
-    def _scopingobjects_lookup(self, type_name, object_id, name=None):
+    def _scopingobjects_lookup(self, type_names, object_id, name=None):
         uri = '%s/usermgmt/scopingobjects' % SERVICES_PREFIX
         h, so_list = self.do_request(HTTP_GET, uri, decode=False,
                                      format='xml')
 
         root = et.fromstring(so_list)
         for obj in root.iter('object'):
-            if (obj.find('objectTypeName').text == type_name and
+            if (obj.find('objectTypeName').text in type_names and
                     obj.find('objectId').text == object_id and
                     (name is None or obj.find('name').text == name)):
                 return True
@@ -806,19 +808,13 @@ class Vcns(object):
         return False
 
     def validate_datacenter_moid(self, object_id):
-        return self._scopingobjects_lookup('Datacenter', object_id)
+        return self._scopingobjects_lookup(['Datacenter'], object_id)
 
     def validate_network(self, object_id):
-        return (self._scopingobjects_lookup('Network', object_id) or
-                self._scopingobjects_lookup('DistributedVirtualPortgroup',
-                                            object_id) or
-                self._scopingobjects_lookup('VirtualWire', object_id))
+        return self._scopingobjects_lookup(NETWORK_TYPES, object_id)
 
     def validate_network_name(self, object_id, name):
-        return (self._scopingobjects_lookup('Network', object_id, name) or
-                self._scopingobjects_lookup('DistributedVirtualPortgroup',
-                                            object_id, name) or
-                self._scopingobjects_lookup('VirtualWire', object_id, name))
+        return self._scopingobjects_lookup(NETWORK_TYPES, object_id, name)
 
     def validate_vdn_scope(self, object_id):
         uri = '%s/scopes' % VDN_PREFIX