diff --git a/IPython/parallel/tests/test_view.py b/IPython/parallel/tests/test_view.py
index b44994b..d0e287a 100644
--- a/IPython/parallel/tests/test_view.py
+++ b/IPython/parallel/tests/test_view.py
@@ -342,8 +342,8 @@ class TestView(ClusterTestCase, ParametricTestCase):
         arr = range(101)
         # ensure it will be an iterator, even in Python 3
         it = iter(arr)
-        r = view.map_sync(lambda x:x, arr)
-        self.assertEqual(r, list(arr))
+        r = view.map_sync(lambda x: x, it)
+        self.assertEqual(r, list(it))
 
     @skip_without('numpy')
     def test_map_numpy(self):