diff --git a/test/with_dummyserver/test_https.py b/test/with_dummyserver/test_https.py
index 6e558d3561..082ede96f8 100644
--- a/test/with_dummyserver/test_https.py
+++ b/test/with_dummyserver/test_https.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     SystemTimeWarning,
     InsecurePlatformWarning,
     MaxRetryError,
+    ProtocolError,
 )
 from urllib3.packages import six
 from urllib3.util.timeout import Timeout
@@ -102,8 +103,11 @@ def test_client_no_intermediate(self):
                     'unknown Cert Authority' in str(e) or
                     # https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/1422
                     'connection closed via error' in str(e) or
-                    'WSAECONNRESET' in str(e) or
-                    'An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host' in str(e)):
+                    'WSAECONNRESET' in str(e)):
+                raise
+        except ProtocolError as e:
+            # https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/issues/1422
+            if not ('An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host' in str(e)):
                 raise
 
     def test_verified(self):