diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
index 23492fb3bb7..c68fe54b939 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -555,8 +555,8 @@ def test_unquoting(self):
         self.assertEqual(result.count('%'), 1,
                          "using unquote(): not all characters escaped: "
                          "%s" % result)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, urllib.parse.unquote, None)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, urllib.parse.unquote, ())
+        self.assertRaises((TypeError, AttributeError), urllib.parse.unquote, None)
+        self.assertRaises((TypeError, AttributeError), urllib.parse.unquote, ())
 
     def test_unquoting_badpercent(self):
         # Test unquoting on bad percent-escapes
@@ -591,8 +591,8 @@ def test_unquoting_badpercent(self):
         result = urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes(given)
         self.assertEqual(expect, result, "using unquote_to_bytes(): %r != %r"
                          % (expect, result))
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes, None)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes, ())
+        self.assertRaises((TypeError, AttributeError), urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes, None)
+        self.assertRaises((TypeError, AttributeError), urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes, ())
 
     def test_unquoting_mixed_case(self):
         # Test unquoting on mixed-case hex digits in the percent-escapes