diff --git a/tablib/formats/_xls.py b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
index 7a6f944..6f59da8 100644
--- a/tablib/formats/_xls.py
+++ b/tablib/formats/_xls.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import sys
 
 try:
     if sys.version_info.major > 2:
-        import xlwt3 as wlwt3
+        import xlwt3 as xlwt
     else:
         import xlwt
 except ImportError: