diff --git a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
index b49942ac737..0be1af4c6ee 100644
--- a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
@@ -1422,8 +1422,8 @@ def test_strftime_y2k(self):
             if d.strftime("%Y") != '%04d' % y:
                 # Year 42 returns '42', not padded
                 self.assertEqual(d.strftime("%Y"), '%d' % y)
-                # '0042' is obtained anyway
-                self.assertEqual(d.strftime("%4Y"), '%04d' % y)
+            # '0042' is obtained anyway
+            self.assertEqual(d.strftime("%4Y"), '%04d' % y)
 
     def test_replace(self):
         cls = self.theclass