diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index fdb5564..48add6d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -2356,7 +2356,7 @@
     def _test_log(self, method, level=None):
         called = []
         patch(self, logging, 'basicConfig',
-              lambda *a, **kw: called.append(a, kw))
+              lambda *a, **kw: called.append((a, kw)))
 
         recording = RecordingHandler()
         logging.root.addHandler(recording)