2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index a883ce9..cab9e48 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
   tries to use __length_hint__ in some cases.
 
 - __nonzero__ should necessarily return a boolean value, so transform Mock
-    results into True.
+  results into True (#380024).
+
+- Applied change suggested by David Glick to avoid reimporting modules
+  (#529675).
 
 - When setting the temporary __mocker_mock__ attribute, use Mocker.patch()
   so that by the end of the mocking it's properly removed (by Thomas Herve).
diff --git a/mocker.py b/mocker.py
index b5064c2..6945e5b 100644
--- a/mocker.py
+++ b/mocker.py
@@ -599,13 +599,14 @@ class MockerBase(object):
             while import_stack:
                 module_path = ".".join(import_stack)
                 try:
-                    object = __import__(module_path, {}, {}, [""])
+                    __import__(module_path)
                 except ImportError:
                     attr_stack.insert(0, import_stack.pop())
                     if not import_stack:
                         raise
                     continue
                 else:
+                    object = sys.modules[module_path]
                     for attr in attr_stack:
                         object = getattr(object, attr)
                     break