diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket.py b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
index 10cd5d87954..1880b115fde 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def missing_ok(str):
                     break
                 if verbose:
                     print 'received:', data
-                conn.send(data)
+                conn.sendall(data)
             conn.close()
     else:
         try: