diff --git a/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py b/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py
index 58359b61dc83a..90ff084fed55e 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/sql/tests.py
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ def test_create_dataframe_required_pandas_not_found(self):
         with QuietTest(self.sc):
             with self.assertRaisesRegexp(
                     ImportError,
-                    '(Pandas >= .* must be installed|No module named pandas)'):
+                    "(Pandas >= .* must be installed|No module named '?pandas'?)"):
                 import pandas as pd
                 from datetime import datetime
                 pdf = pd.DataFrame({"ts": [datetime(2017, 10, 31, 1, 1, 1)],