diff --git a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py
index 32085b095..047526569 100644
--- a/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py
+++ b/tests/test_downloadermiddleware_httpcache.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import unittest
 import email.utils
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 import pytest
+import sys
 
 from scrapy.http import Response, HtmlResponse, Request
 from scrapy.spiders import Spider
@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ class LeveldbStorageTest(DefaultStorageTest):
         pytest.importorskip('leveldb')
     except SystemError:
         # Happens in python 3.8
-        pytest.skip("'SystemError: bad call flags' occurs on Python 3.8")
+        pytestmark = pytest.skip("'SystemError: bad call flags' occurs on Python 3.8")
     storage_class = 'scrapy.extensions.httpcache.LeveldbCacheStorage'