diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py
index 2919412ab81..c0bd1a242c8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ class RunnerTests(BaseTest):
             self.assertEqual(-1, runner.run(f(1)))
             self.assertEqual(1, runner.run(f(2)))
 
-            self.assertEqual({cvar: 2}, dict(runner.run(get_context())))
+            self.assertEqual(2, runner.run(get_context()).get(cvar))
 
     def test_recursine_run(self):
         async def g():