diff --git a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
index 3dcb70625589f0d..e5566b1af3ad5a5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_cmd_line.py
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ def test_import_time(self):
             res.err.decode("utf-8"),
             r"import time: \s*\d+ | \s*\d+ | \s*os"
         )
+        code = "import os; import os"
         res = assert_python_ok('-X', 'importtime=2', '-c', code)
         self.assertRegex(
             res.err.decode("utf-8"),