diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
index 39ec498..5c9cb8c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2.py
@@ -222,8 +222,8 @@
 
 class MockOpener:
     addheaders = []
-    def open(self, req, data=None):
-        self.req, self.data = req, data
+    def open(self, req, data=None, timeout=socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+        self.req, self.data, self.timeout = req, data, timeout
     def error(self, proto, *args):
         self.proto, self.args = proto, args
 
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@
             for data in None, "blah\nblah\n":
                 method = getattr(h, "http_error_%s" % code)
                 req = Request(from_url, data)
+                req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
                 req.add_header("Nonsense", "viking=withhold")
                 if data is not None:
                     req.add_header("Content-Length", str(len(data)))
@@ -883,6 +884,7 @@
 
         # loop detection
         req = Request(from_url)
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         def redirect(h, req, url=to_url):
             h.http_error_302(req, MockFile(), 302, "Blah",
                              MockHeaders({"location": url}))
@@ -892,6 +894,7 @@
         # detect infinite loop redirect of a URL to itself
         req = Request(from_url, origin_req_host="example.com")
         count = 0
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         try:
             while 1:
                 redirect(h, req, "http://example.com/")
@@ -903,6 +906,7 @@
         # detect endless non-repeating chain of redirects
         req = Request(from_url, origin_req_host="example.com")
         count = 0
+        req.timeout = socket._GLOBAL_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
         try:
             while 1:
                 redirect(h, req, "http://example.com/%d" % count)