diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pkgimport.py b/Lib/test/test_pkgimport.py
index 86ea0586e1e..30d48cdcbb9 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pkgimport.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pkgimport.py
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class TestImport(unittest.TestCase):
         self.package_dir = os.path.join(self.test_dir,
                                         self.package_name)
         os.mkdir(self.package_dir)
-        open(os.path.join(self.package_dir, '__init__'+os.extsep+'py'), 'w')
+        open(os.path.join(
+                self.package_dir, '__init__'+os.extsep+'py'), 'w').close()
         self.module_path = os.path.join(self.package_dir, 'foo'+os.extsep+'py')
 
     def tearDown(self):