2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/function_base.py b/numpy/core/function_base.py
index cb5d253e5..750fbe838 100644
--- a/numpy/core/function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/core/function_base.py
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ def _index_deprecate(i, stacklevel=2):
     except TypeError:
         msg = ("object of type {} cannot be safely interpreted as "
                "an integer.".format(type(i)))
+        i = int(i)
         stacklevel += 1
         warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=stacklevel)
-        i = int(i)
     return i
 
 
diff --git a/numpy/core/tests/test_function_base.py b/numpy/core/tests/test_function_base.py
index 162e7bd23..6b5430611 100644
--- a/numpy/core/tests/test_function_base.py
+++ b/numpy/core/tests/test_function_base.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import division, absolute_import, print_function
 
-import warnings
-
 from numpy import (logspace, linspace, dtype, array, finfo, typecodes, arange,
                    isnan, ndarray)
 from numpy.testing import (
     TestCase, run_module_suite, assert_, assert_equal, assert_raises,
-    assert_array_equal, assert_warns
+    assert_array_equal
 )