diff --git a/Civi/Test/Api3TestTrait.php b/Civi/Test/Api3TestTrait.php
index 767c7233907f..46880df32bf5 100644
--- a/Civi/Test/Api3TestTrait.php
+++ b/Civi/Test/Api3TestTrait.php
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public function callAPISuccessGetSingle($entity, $params, $checkAgainst = NULL)
     );
     $result = $this->civicrm_api($entity, 'getsingle', $params);
     if (!is_array($result) || !empty($result['is_error']) || isset($result['values'])) {
-      throw new Exception('Invalid getsingle result' . print_r($result, TRUE));
+      throw new \Exception('Invalid getsingle result' . print_r($result, TRUE));
     }
     if ($checkAgainst) {
       // @todo - have gone with the fn that unsets id? should we check id?