diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
index 7236947f580..c8649407d7d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
@@ -146,8 +146,8 @@ class XMLRPCTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_ssl_presence(self):
         try:
             import ssl
-        except:
-            have_ssl = False
+        except ImportError:
+            has_ssl = False
         else:
             has_ssl = True
         try: