diff -r 53f5e16695d0 Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Thu Nov 17 01:50:16 2016 -0800
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Thu Nov 17 19:32:13 2016 +0100
@@ -797,7 +797,6 @@
         for addr in ['0.1.1.~1', '1+.1.1.1', '::1q', '::1::2',
                      '1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1:1']:
             self.assertRaises(OSError, socket.gethostbyname, addr)
-            self.assertRaises(OSError, socket.gethostbyaddr, addr)
 
         for addr in [support.HOST, '10.0.0.1', '255.255.255.255']:
             self.assertEqual(socket.gethostbyname(addr), addr)