diff --git a/tests/functional/bugfixes/test_417_openssl.py b/tests/functional/bugfixes/test_417_openssl.py
index 29d82da5..fdfaf08f 100644
--- a/tests/functional/bugfixes/test_417_openssl.py
+++ b/tests/functional/bugfixes/test_417_openssl.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 try:
     from urllib3.contrib.pyopenssl import extract_from_urllib3
 except Exception:
-    extract_from_urllib3 = None
+    extract_from_urllib3 = lambda x: x
 
 
 @skipIf(extract_from_urllib3 is None,