diff --git a/tests/test_lobject.py b/tests/test_lobject.py
index 9c1c44f2..199b4ac3 100755
--- a/tests/test_lobject.py
+++ b/tests/test_lobject.py
@@ -395,6 +395,8 @@ def skip_if_no_truncate(f):
 
         return f(self)
 
+    return skip_if_no_truncate_
+
 class LargeObjectTruncateTests(LargeObjectMixin, unittest.TestCase):
     def test_truncate(self):
         lo = self.conn.lobject()