diff --git a/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py b/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
index edbe78545a2536..bd64b03b75f40a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_importlib/util.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import types
 
-_testsinglephase = import_helper.import_module("_testsinglephase")
+import_helper.import_module("_testmultiphase")
 
 
 BUILTINS = types.SimpleNamespace()