diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index 94bbc008dd0..9320e61c4ea 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -758,7 +758,7 @@ def test_file(self):
             else:
                 self.assertIs(o.req, req)
                 self.assertEqual(req.type, "ftp")
-            self.assertEqual(req.type is "ftp", ftp)
+            self.assertEqual(req.type == "ftp", ftp)
 
     def test_http(self):