diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
index 53215550b4354e..d1a3fba2ded908 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib.py
@@ -2142,6 +2142,9 @@ def test_expanduser(self):
             otherhome = pwdent.pw_dir.rstrip('/')
             if othername != username and otherhome:
                 break
+        else:
+            othername = username
+            otherhome = userhome
 
         p1 = P('~/Documents')
         p2 = P('~' + username + '/Documents')