diff --git a/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_rgw.py b/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_rgw.py
index 01dbae59feb..fa30677c933 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_rgw.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_rgw.py
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ class RgwUserSubuserTest(RgwTestCase):
                 'access': 'readwrite',
                 'key_type': 'swift'
             })
-        self.assertStatus(200)
+        self.assertStatus(201)
         data = self.jsonBody()
         subuser = self.find_object_in_list('id', 'teuth-test-user:tux', data)
         self.assertIsInstance(subuser, object)
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ class RgwUserSubuserTest(RgwTestCase):
                 'access_key': 'yyy',
                 'secret_key': 'xxx'
             })
-        self.assertStatus(200)
+        self.assertStatus(201)
         data = self.jsonBody()
         subuser = self.find_object_in_list('id', 'teuth-test-user:hugo', data)
         self.assertIsInstance(subuser, object)
diff --git a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py
index 46c192323f9..ddf3acad802 100644
--- a/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py
+++ b/src/pybind/mgr/dashboard/controllers/rgw.py
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ class RgwUser(RgwRESTController):
         return users
 
     def get(self, uid, daemon_name=None, stats=True) -> dict:
+        return self._get(uid, daemon_name=daemon_name, stats=stats)
+
+    def _get(self, uid, daemon_name=None, stats=True) -> dict:
         query_params = '?stats' if stats else ''
         result = self.proxy(daemon_name, 'GET', 'user{}'.format(query_params),
                             {'uid': uid, 'stats': stats})
@@ -590,7 +593,7 @@ class RgwUser(RgwRESTController):
         # type: (Optional[str]) -> List[str]
         emails = []
         for uid in json.loads(self.list(daemon_name)):  # type: ignore
-            user = json.loads(self.get(uid, daemon_name))  # type: ignore
+            user = self._get(uid, daemon_name)  # type: ignore
             if user["email"]:
                 emails.append(user["email"])
         return emails
@@ -710,7 +713,7 @@ class RgwUser(RgwRESTController):
                        secret_key=None, daemon_name=None):
         # pylint: disable=R1705
         subusr_array = []
-        user = json.loads(self.get(uid, daemon_name))  # type: ignore
+        user = self._get(uid, daemon_name)  # type: ignore
         subusers = user["subusers"]
         for sub_usr in subusers:
             subusr_array.append(sub_usr["id"])