diff --git a/GPy/testing/pickle_tests.py b/GPy/testing/pickle_tests.py
index ad3c4f0b..17e29377 100644
--- a/GPy/testing/pickle_tests.py
+++ b/GPy/testing/pickle_tests.py
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class Test(ListDictTestCase):
         
         with f:
             pickle.dump(piov, f)
-
-        pio2 = GPy.load(f)
+            f.seek(0)
+            pio2 = pickle.load(f)
         #py3 fix
         #self.assertListDictEquals(dict(piov.items()), dict(pio2.iteritems()))
         self.assertListDictEquals(dict(piov.items()), dict(pio2.items()))