diff --git a/Lib/test/test__opcode.py b/Lib/test/test__opcode.py
index cab87695f9c..0152e9d94da 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test__opcode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test__opcode.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import dis
-import _opcode
-from test.support import run_unittest
+from test.support import run_unittest, import_module
 import unittest
 
+_opcode = import_module("_opcode")
+
 class OpcodeTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_stack_effect(self):