diff --git a/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py b/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
index fe25136864eef..8a7aa405e4ac7 100644
--- a/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
+++ b/python/pyspark/testing/utils.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 have_scipy = False
 have_numpy = False
 try:
-    import scipy.sparse  # noqa: F401
+    import scipy  # noqa: F401
 
     have_scipy = True
 except ImportError: