diff --git a/tests/native_tests/language.hy b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
index 1ed7260..b5f8d43 100644
--- a/tests/native_tests/language.hy
+++ b/tests/native_tests/language.hy
@@ -462,9 +462,9 @@
   (setv passed False)
   (try
    (raise)
-   ;; Python 2 raises TypeError
+   ;; Python 2 raises IndexError here (due to the previous test)
    ;; Python 3 raises RuntimeError
-   (except [[TypeError RuntimeError]]
+   (except [[IndexError RuntimeError]]
      (setv passed True)))
   (assert passed)