diff --git a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
index 262007cf0e7..4309e8c7794 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_timeout.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class TimeoutTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         # If we are too close to www.python.org, this test will fail.
         # Pick a host that should be farther away.
         if (socket.getfqdn().split('.')[-2:] == ['python', 'org'] or
-            socket.getfqdn().split('.')[-2] == 'xs4all'):
+            socket.getfqdn().split('.')[-2:-1] == ['xs4all']):
             self.addr_remote = ('tut.fi', 80)
 
         _t1 = time.time()