diff --git a/cinder/context.py b/cinder/context.py
index a67c6426f60..7fa6d59395c 100644
--- a/cinder/context.py
+++ b/cinder/context.py
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class RequestContext(object):
 
     def elevated(self, read_deleted=None, overwrite=False):
         """Return a version of this context with admin flag set."""
-        context = copy.copy(self)
+        context = self.deepcopy()
         context.is_admin = True
 
         if 'admin' not in context.roles:
diff --git a/cinder/tests/test_context.py b/cinder/tests/test_context.py
index bcb25859b86..4ae9b4b52f4 100644
--- a/cinder/tests/test_context.py
+++ b/cinder/tests/test_context.py
@@ -54,6 +54,16 @@ class ContextTestCase(test.TestCase):
                           'read_deleted',
                           True)
 
+    def test_request_context_elevated(self):
+        user_context = context.RequestContext(
+            'fake_user', 'fake_project', admin=False)
+        self.assertFalse(user_context.is_admin)
+        admin_context = user_context.elevated()
+        self.assertFalse(user_context.is_admin)
+        self.assertTrue(admin_context.is_admin)
+        self.assertFalse('admin' in user_context.roles)
+        self.assertTrue('admin' in admin_context.roles)
+
     def test_service_catalog_nova_and_swift(self):
         service_catalog = [
             {u'type': u'compute', u'name': u'nova'},