diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
index 03b883b..00cf202 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
                 # XXX bug, should raise URLError
                 #('file://nonsensename/etc/passwd', None, urllib2.URLError)
-                ('file://nonsensename/etc/passwd', None, (OSError, socket.error))
+                ('file://nonsensename/etc/passwd', None, (EnvironmentError, socket.error))
                 ]
             self._test_urls(urls, self._extra_handlers())
         finally: