diff --git a/Lib/test/pickletester.py b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
index bf25245bd1a..bd0a3a4813a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pickletester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
@@ -480,8 +480,8 @@ class AbstractPickleTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     if have_unicode:
         def test_unicode(self):
-            endcases = [u'', u'<\\u>', u'<\\\\u1234>', u'<\n>',
-                        u'<\\>', u'<\\\\U00012345>']
+            endcases = [u'', u'<\\u>', u'<\\\u1234>', u'<\n>',
+                        u'<\\>', u'<\\\U00012345>']
             for proto in protocols:
                 for u in endcases:
                     p = self.dumps(u, proto)