diff --git a/hgext/fetch.py b/hgext/fetch.py
--- a/hgext/fetch.py
+++ b/hgext/fetch.py
@@ -7,12 +7,23 @@
 
 '''pull, update and merge in one command (DEPRECATED)'''
 
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from mercurial.i18n import _
-from mercurial.node import short
-from mercurial import commands, cmdutil, hg, util, error
-from mercurial.lock import release
-from mercurial import exchange
+from mercurial.node import (
+    short,
+)
+from mercurial import (
+    cmdutil,
+    commands,
+    error,
+    exchange,
+    hg,
+    lock,
+    util,
+)
 
+release = lock.release
 cmdtable = {}
 command = cmdutil.command(cmdtable)
 # Note for extension authors: ONLY specify testedwith = 'internal' for
diff --git a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
--- a/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
+++ b/tests/test-check-py3-compat.t
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   $ cd "$TESTDIR"/..
 
   $ hg files 'set:(**.py)' | sed 's|\\|/|g' | xargs python contrib/check-py3-compat.py
-  hgext/fetch.py not using absolute_import
   hgext/fsmonitor/pywatchman/__init__.py not using absolute_import
   hgext/fsmonitor/pywatchman/__init__.py requires print_function
   hgext/fsmonitor/pywatchman/capabilities.py not using absolute_import
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@
   hgext/eol.py: error importing: <AttributeError> 'dict' object has no attribute 'iteritems' (error at revset.py:*) (glob)
   hgext/extdiff.py: error importing module: <SyntaxError> invalid syntax (archival.py, line *) (line *) (glob)
   hgext/factotum.py: error importing: <ImportError> No module named 'cStringIO' (error at __init__.py:*) (glob)
-  hgext/fetch.py: error importing module: <SyntaxError> invalid syntax (commands.py, line *) (line *) (glob)
+  hgext/fetch.py: error importing: <AttributeError> 'dict' object has no attribute 'iteritems' (error at revset.py:*) (glob)
   hgext/fsmonitor/watchmanclient.py: error importing module: <SystemError> Parent module 'hgext.fsmonitor' not loaded, cannot perform relative import (line *) (glob)
   hgext/gpg.py: error importing module: <SyntaxError> invalid syntax (commands.py, line *) (line *) (glob)
   hgext/graphlog.py: error importing: <AttributeError> 'dict' object has no attribute 'iteritems' (error at revset.py:*) (glob)