diff -r f7cebf727bc6 Lib/test/test_socket.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Mon Jan 20 21:59:33 2014 +0200
+++ b/Lib/test/test_socket.py	Mon Jan 20 12:45:03 2014 -0800
@@ -4687,7 +4687,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, self.cli_conn.recvfrom_into, buf, 1024)
 
     def _testRecvFromIntoSmallBuffer(self):
-        self.serv_conn.send(MSG*2048)
+        self.serv_conn.send(MSG)
 
     def testRecvFromIntoEmptyBuffer(self):
         buf = bytearray()