diff --git a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
index 218ae9c1631..39b1e13f806 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httplib.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def makefile(self, mode, bufsize=None):
 body = "HTTP/1.1 200 Ok\r\n\r\nText"
 sock = FakeSocket(body)
 resp = httplib.HTTPResponse(sock,1)
-resp.begin()
+resp._begin()
 print resp.read()
 resp.close()
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def makefile(self, mode, bufsize=None):
 sock = FakeSocket(body)
 resp = httplib.HTTPResponse(sock,1)
 try:
-    resp.begin()
+    resp._begin()
 except httplib.BadStatusLine:
     print "BadStatusLine raised as expected"
 else: