diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py b/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py
index 73834673846..6d84e7eef3b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threadedtempfile.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_main(self):
             t.join()
             ok += t.ok_count
             if t.error_count:
-                errors.append(str(t.get_name()) + str(t.errors.getvalue()))
+                errors.append(str(t.name) + str(t.errors.getvalue()))
 
         threading_cleanup(*thread_info)