diff --git a/neutron/plugins/nicira/dbexts/nicira_qos_db.py b/neutron/plugins/nicira/dbexts/nicira_qos_db.py
index 757343d4b5..875850a225 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/nicira/dbexts/nicira_qos_db.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/nicira/dbexts/nicira_qos_db.py
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import exc
 from neutron.api.v2 import attributes as attr
 from neutron.db import model_base
 from neutron.db import models_v2
+from neutron.openstack.common import log
 from neutron.openstack.common import uuidutils
 from neutron.plugins.nicira.extensions import nvp_qos as ext_qos
 from neutron.plugins.nicira import nvplib
 
 
+LOG = log.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
 class QoSQueue(model_base.BASEV2, models_v2.HasId, models_v2.HasTenant):
     name = sa.Column(sa.String(255))
     default = sa.Column(sa.Boolean, default=False)
@@ -267,9 +271,10 @@ class NVPQoSDbMixin(ext_qos.QueuePluginBase):
                     raise ext_qos.DefaultQueueAlreadyExists()
             else:
                 raise ext_qos.DefaultQueueCreateNotAdmin()
-        if (qos_queue.get('qos_marking') == 'trusted' and
-            not qos_queue.get('dscp')):
-            raise ext_qos.MissingDSCPForTrusted()
+        if qos_queue.get('qos_marking') == 'trusted':
+            dscp = qos_queue.pop('dscp')
+            LOG.info(_("DSCP value (%s) will be ignored with 'trusted' "
+                     "marking"), dscp)
         max = qos_queue.get('max')
         min = qos_queue.get('min')
         # Max can be None
diff --git a/neutron/plugins/nicira/extensions/nvp_qos.py b/neutron/plugins/nicira/extensions/nvp_qos.py
index ade87a5ac7..340c468165 100644
--- a/neutron/plugins/nicira/extensions/nvp_qos.py
+++ b/neutron/plugins/nicira/extensions/nvp_qos.py
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ class QueueInvalidBandwidth(qexception.InvalidInput):
                 " integer.")
 
 
-class MissingDSCPForTrusted(qexception.InvalidInput):
-    message = _("No DSCP field needed when QoS workload marked trusted")
-
-
 class QueueNotFound(qexception.NotFound):
     message = _("Queue %(id)s does not exist")
 
@@ -91,7 +87,19 @@ def convert_to_unsigned_int_or_none_max_63(val):
         raise QueueInvalidDscp(data=val)
     return val
 
-# Attribute Map
+# As per NVP API, if a queue is trusted, DSCP must be omitted; if a queue is
+# untrusted, DSCP must be specified. Whichever default values we choose for
+# the tuple (qos_marking, dscp), there will be at least one combination of a
+# request with conflicting values: for instance, with the following default:
+#
+# qos_marking = 'untrusted', dscp = '0'
+#
+# requests with qos_marking = 'trusted' and a default dscp will fail. Since
+# it is convoluted to ask the admin to specify a None value for dscp when
+# qos_marking is 'trusted', it is best to ignore the dscp value, regardless
+# of whether it has been specified or not. This preserves the chosen default
+# and keeps backward compatibility with the API. A warning will be logged, as
+# the server is overriding a potentially conflicting request from the admin
 RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTE_MAP = {
     'qos_queues': {
         'id': {'allow_post': False, 'allow_put': False,
diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py b/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py
index 8884550ddc..08fefba7e2 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/nicira/test_nicira_plugin.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from neutron.extensions import securitygroup as secgrp
 from neutron import manager
 from neutron.openstack.common import uuidutils
 import neutron.plugins.nicira as nvp_plugin
+from neutron.plugins.nicira.dbexts import nicira_qos_db as qos_db
 from neutron.plugins.nicira.extensions import nvp_networkgw
 from neutron.plugins.nicira.extensions import nvp_qos as ext_qos
 from neutron.plugins.nicira import NeutronPlugin
@@ -666,6 +667,15 @@ class TestNiciraQoSQueue(NiciraPluginV2TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(q['qos_queue']['qos_marking'], 'untrusted')
             self.assertFalse(q['qos_queue']['default'])
 
+    def test_create_trusted_qos_queue(self):
+        with mock.patch.object(qos_db.LOG, 'info') as log:
+            with mock.patch.object(nvplib, 'do_request',
+                                   return_value={"uuid": "fake_queue"}):
+                with self.qos_queue(name='fake_lqueue', min=34, max=44,
+                                    qos_marking='trusted', default=False) as q:
+                    self.assertEqual(q['qos_queue']['dscp'], None)
+                    self.assertTrue(log.called)
+
     def test_create_qos_queue_name_exceeds_40_chars(self):
         name = 'this_is_a_queue_whose_name_is_longer_than_40_chars'
         with self.qos_queue(name=name) as queue: