diff --git a/test/stdlib/3.5-exclude.sh b/test/stdlib/3.5-exclude.sh
index 404e419c..02e4cba3 100644
--- a/test/stdlib/3.5-exclude.sh
+++ b/test/stdlib/3.5-exclude.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 SKIP_TESTS=(
     [test_buffer.py]=1  # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
     [test_decorators.py]=1  # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
+    [test_ftplib.py]=1 # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
+    [test_optparse.py]=1 # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
     [test_platform.py]=1 # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
     [test_pyclbr.py]=1 # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
     [test_tempfile.py]=1 # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
     [test_uu.py]=1 # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
-    [test_ftplib.py]=1 # FIXME: Works on c90ff51
 
     [test___all__.py]=1 # it fails on its own
     [test_aifc.py]=1  #
diff --git a/uncompyle6/semantics/transform.py b/uncompyle6/semantics/transform.py
index f8bbd041..a74832a8 100644
--- a/uncompyle6/semantics/transform.py
+++ b/uncompyle6/semantics/transform.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ from uncompyle6.semantics.consts import RETURN_NONE
 
 
 def is_docstring(node):
+    if node == "sstmt":
+        node = node[0]
     try:
         return node.kind == "assign" and node[1][0].pattr == "__doc__"
     except: