diff --git a/tests/test_utils/tests.py b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
index cd64c087c4..4e4ddb57f6 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils/tests.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils/tests.py
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ class HTMLEqualTests(SimpleTestCase):
             "('Unexpected end tag `div` (Line 1, Column 6)', (1, 6))"
         )
         with self.assertRaisesMessage(AssertionError, error_msg):
-            self.assertHTMLEqual("< div></ div>", "<div></div>")
+            self.assertHTMLEqual("< div></div>", "<div></div>")
         with self.assertRaises(HTMLParseError):
             parse_html("</p>")