diff --git a/virttest/utils_test/__init__.py b/virttest/utils_test/__init__.py
index 2574f61c3e..1076b5390b 100755
--- a/virttest/utils_test/__init__.py
+++ b/virttest/utils_test/__init__.py
@@ -1601,7 +1601,10 @@ def config_control(control_path, job_args=None):
     except Exception:
         # Leak global_config.ini, generate a mini configuration
         # to ensure client tests can work.
-        import ConfigParser
+        try:
+            import configparser as ConfigParser
+        except ImportError:
+            import ConfigParser
 
         config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
         for section in ["CLIENT", "COMMON"]: