diff --git a/Lib/test/test_codecs.py b/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
index 353a8509dd8..4d5d7bbba83 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_codecs.py
@@ -2954,7 +2954,7 @@ def test_cp932(self):
             (b'\x81\x00abc', 'strict', None),
             (b'\x81\x00abc', 'ignore', '\x00abc'),
             (b'\x81\x00abc', 'replace', '\ufffd\x00abc'),
-            (b'\x81\x00abc', 'backslashreplace', '\\xff\x00abc'),
+            (b'\x81\x00abc', 'backslashreplace', '\\x81\x00abc'),
         ))
 
     def test_cp1252(self):