diff --git a/tests/test_wordlist.py b/tests/test_wordlist.py
index 0e275c31a6abfb1af5b3a3229fb0f22995da6b40..d1f59571b887424ad214716d37433c120d96e6cc 100644
--- a/tests/test_wordlist.py
+++ b/tests/test_wordlist.py
@@ -197,5 +197,5 @@ class TestWordList(object):
         # we can create `WordList` objects.
         in_file = tmpdir.mkdir("work").join("mywordlist")
         in_file.write("foo\n")
-        wlist = WordList(str(in_file))
-        assert wlist is not None
+        w_list = WordList(str(in_file))
+        assert w_list is not None