diff --git a/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py b/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
index 21ff13ec6..ae7d56947 100644
--- a/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
+++ b/PIL/TiffImagePlugin.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import sys
 import collections
 import itertools
 import os
+import io
 
 # Set these to true to force use of libtiff for reading or writing.
 READ_LIBTIFF = False
@@ -1128,7 +1129,6 @@ def _save(im, fp, filename):
             print (ifd.items())
         _fp = 0
         if hasattr(fp, "fileno"):
-            import io
             try:
                 fp.seek(0)
                 _fp = os.dup(fp.fileno())
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py b/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
index efd2d5817..12f25165f 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_libtiff.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from helper import unittest, PillowTestCase, hopper, py3
 
 import os
+import io
 
 from PIL import Image, TiffImagePlugin
 
@@ -59,9 +60,8 @@ class TestFileLibTiff(LibTiffTestCase):
 
     def test_g4_tiff_bytesio(self):
         """Testing the stringio loading code path"""
-        from io import BytesIO
         file = "Tests/images/hopper_g4_500.tif"
-        s = BytesIO()
+        s = io.BytesIO()
         with open(file, 'rb') as f:
             s.write(f.read())
             s.seek(0)
@@ -357,6 +357,34 @@ class TestFileLibTiff(LibTiffTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(im.mode, "L")
         self.assert_image_similar(im, original, 7.3)
 
+    def test_save_bytesio(self):
+        # PR 1011
+        # Test TIFF saving to io.BytesIO() object.
+        
+        TiffImagePlugin.WRITE_LIBTIFF = True
+        TiffImagePlugin.READ_LIBTIFF = True
+
+        # Generate test image
+        pilim = hopper()
+
+        def save_bytesio(compression=None):
+            
+            testfile = self.tempfile("temp_.tiff".format(compression))
+                        
+            buffer_io = io.BytesIO()
+            pilim.save(buffer_io, format="tiff", compression=compression)
+            buffer_io.seek(0)
+
+            pilim_load = Image.open(buffer_io)
+            self.assert_image_similar(pilim, pilim_load, 0)
+        
+        # save_bytesio()
+        save_bytesio('raw')
+        save_bytesio("packbits")
+        save_bytesio("tiff_lzw")
+        
+        TiffImagePlugin.WRITE_LIBTIFF = False
+        TiffImagePlugin.READ_LIBTIFF = False
 
 
 
diff --git a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
index f3958f548..fd8090196 100644
--- a/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
+++ b/Tests/test_file_tiff.py
@@ -326,33 +326,6 @@ class TestFileTiff(PillowTestCase):
         # Should not divide by zero
         im.save(outfile)
 
-    def test_save_bytesio(self):
-        # PR 1011
-        # Test TIFF saving to io.BytesIO() object.
-        
-        # Generate test image
-        pilim = Image.new('F', (100, 100), 0)
-        def save_bytesio(compression=None):
-            import io
-            
-            testfile = self.tempfile("temp_.tiff".format(compression))
-                        
-            buffer_io = io.BytesIO()
-            pilim.save(buffer_io, format="tiff", compression=compression)
-            buffer_io.seek(0)
-            data = buffer_io.read()
-            buffer_io.close()
-
-            with open(testfile, "wb") as fd:
-                fd.write(data)
-
-            pilim_load = Image.open(testfile)
-            self.assert_image_similar(pilim, pilim_load, 0)
-        
-        # save_bytesio()
-        save_bytesio("packbits")
-        save_bytesio("tiff_lzw")
-        
         
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()