diff --git a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
index dcde2c3c873..77319d97b41 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_strptime.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def test_date_time(self):
     def test_lang(self):
         # Make sure lang is set
         self.failUnless(self.LT_ins.lang in (locale.getdefaultlocale()[0],
-                                             locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME),
+                                             locale.getlocale(locale.LC_TIME)[0],
                                              ''),
                         "Setting of lang failed")