diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index 0165de8..193978c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@
 
 
 class NetworkedTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.old_timeout = socket.getdefaulttimeout()
+        socket.setdefaulttimeout(30)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        socket.setdefaulttimeout(self.old_timeout)
 
     def test_connect(self):
         s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
@@ -183,8 +189,6 @@
         if not pem:
             self.fail("No server certificate on svn.python.org:443!")
 
-        return
-
         try:
             pem = ssl.get_server_certificate(("svn.python.org", 443), ca_certs=CERTFILE)
         except ssl.SSLError as x: