diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index 01a06fb..9364b3d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@
                 try:
                     data = r.read()
                     headers = r.info()
-                    newurl = r.geturl()
+                    respurl = r.geturl()
                 finally:
                     r.close()
                 stats = os.stat(TESTFN)
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@
             self.assertEqual(headers["Content-type"], "text/plain")
             self.assertEqual(headers["Content-length"], "13")
             self.assertEqual(headers["Last-modified"], modified)
+            self.assertEqual(respurl, url)
 
         for url in [
             "file://localhost:80%s" % urlpath,