diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
index b271626..888a738 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib2net.py
@@ -264,7 +264,8 @@
                            (expected_err, url, req, err))
                     self.assert_(isinstance(err, expected_err), msg)
             else:
-                buf = f.read()
+                with test_support.transient_internet():
+                    buf = f.read()
                 f.close()
                 debug("read %d bytes" % len(buf))
             debug("******** next url coming up...")