diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 83610fc4a62..c2a6dfd6d79 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ def server(evt):
         pass
     else:
         conn.send("1 Hola mundo\n")
+        conn.recv(13)
         conn.send("2 No more lines\n")
         conn.close()
     finally: