diff --git a/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py
index eb9bc9ea5d6..7b5883a8075 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket_ssl.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ def _external(self):
                 s.connect(("localhost", 4433))
                 s.close()
                 if self.s.stdout.readline() != "ERROR\n":
-                    raise ValuError
+                    raise ValueError
             except:
                 self.haveServer = False
             else: