diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/test_wsgi.py b/neutron/tests/unit/test_wsgi.py
index 1f5ecfe1c10..39d6566d370 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/test_wsgi.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/test_wsgi.py
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ class JSONDeserializerTest(base.BaseTestCase):
                          deserializer.deserialize(data))
 
     def test_json_with_unicode(self):
-        data = b'{"a": "\u7f51\u7edc"}'
+        data = b'{"a": "\\u7f51\\u7edc"}'
         as_dict = {'body': {'a': '\u7f51\u7edc'}}
         deserializer = wsgi.JSONDeserializer()
         self.assertEqual(as_dict,