diff --git a/tests/ansible/lib/modules/mitogen_test_gethostbyname.py b/tests/ansible/lib/modules/mitogen_test_gethostbyname.py
index f6070b03..289e9662 100644
--- a/tests/ansible/lib/modules/mitogen_test_gethostbyname.py
+++ b/tests/ansible/lib/modules/mitogen_test_gethostbyname.py
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@
 # I am a module that indirectly depends on glibc cached /etc/resolv.conf state.
 
 import socket
+import sys
+
 from ansible.module_utils.basic import AnsibleModule
 
 def main():
     module = AnsibleModule(argument_spec={'name': {'type': 'str'}})
     try:
         module.exit_json(addr=socket.gethostbyname(module.params['name']))
-    except socket.error as e:
+    except socket.error:
+        e = sys.exc_info()[1]
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':