diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
index 57fc062cae5..f64964dd1da 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ def test_non_existent_tarfile(self):
         if sys.platform == 'win32' and '|' in self.mode:
             # Issue #20384: On Windows os.open() error message doesn't
             # contain file name.
-            text = ''
+            test = ''
         with self.assertRaisesRegex(FileNotFoundError, test):
             tarfile.open("xxx", self.mode)