diff --git a/contrib/python3-whitelist b/contrib/python3-whitelist
--- a/contrib/python3-whitelist
+++ b/contrib/python3-whitelist
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 test-cappedreader.py
 test-casecollision.t
 test-cat.t
+test-cbor.py
 test-censor.t
 test-changelog-exec.t
 test-check-commit.t
diff --git a/tests/test-cbor.py b/tests/test-cbor.py
--- a/tests/test-cbor.py
+++ b/tests/test-cbor.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 
         dest = b''.join(cborutil.streamencodeindefinitebytestring(
             source, chunksize=42))
-        self.assertEqual(cbor.loads(dest), b''.join(source))
+        self.assertEqual(cbor.loads(dest), source)
 
     def testreadtoiter(self):
         source = io.BytesIO(b'\x5f\x44\xaa\xbb\xcc\xdd\x43\xee\xff\x99\xff')