diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_xml.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_xml.py
index 676d928bb7..ffbce40874 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_xml.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/modulestore/tests/test_xml.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from xmodule.modulestore.xml import XMLModuleStore
 from xmodule.modulestore import XML_MODULESTORE_TYPE
 
 from .test_modulestore import check_path_to_location
-from . import DATA_DIR
+from xmodule.tests import DATA_DIR
 
 
 class TestXMLModuleStore(object):