diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
index 8632ac2e818fab..f991f323573e1c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_import/__init__.py
@@ -135,9 +135,12 @@ def test_case_sensitivity(self):
             import RAnDoM
 
     def test_double_const(self):
-        # Another brief digression to test the accuracy of manifest float
-        # constants.
-        from test import double_const  # don't blink -- that *was* the test
+        # Importing double_const checks that float constants
+        # serialiazed by marshal as PYC files don't lose precision
+        # (SF bug 422177).
+        from test.test_import.data import double_const
+        unload('test.test_import.data.double_const')
+        from test.test_import.data import double_const
 
     def test_import(self):
         def test_with_extension(ext):
diff --git a/Lib/test/double_const.py b/Lib/test/test_import/data/double_const.py
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/test/double_const.py
rename to Lib/test/test_import/data/double_const.py