diff --git a/django/utils/unittest/__init__.py b/django/utils/unittest/__init__.py
index c38b5c50c7..ac852a3757 100644
--- a/django/utils/unittest/__init__.py
+++ b/django/utils/unittest/__init__.py
@@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ import sys
 
 # Django hackery to load the appropriate version of unittest
 
-if sys.version_info >= (2,7):
-    # unittest2 features are native in Python 2.7
-    from unittest import *
-else:
-    try:
-        # check the system path first
-        from unittest2 import *
-    except ImportError:
+try:
+    # check the system path first
+    from unittest2 import *
+except ImportError:
+    if sys.version_info >= (2,7):
+        # unittest2 features are native in Python 2.7
+        from unittest import *
+    else:
         # otherwise use our bundled version
         __all__ = ['TestResult', 'TestCase', 'TestSuite',
                    'TextTestRunner', 'TestLoader', 'FunctionTestCase', 'main',