diff --git a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/oetest.py b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/oetest.py
index cf417db..bcb6a87 100644
--- a/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/oetest.py
+++ b/poky/meta/lib/oeqa/oetest.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 
         modules = []
         for test in self.testslist:
-            if re.search("\w+\.\w+\.test_\S+", test):
+            if re.search(r"\w+\.\w+\.test_\S+", test):
                 test = '.'.join(t.split('.')[:3])
             module = pkgutil.get_loader(test)
             modules.append(module)