Backport #12615
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_testing/__init__.py b/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_testing/__init__.py
index 14e25f0..2cf6741 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_testing/__init__.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio_testing/grpc_testing/__init__.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
         raise NotImplementedError()
 
 
-class Channel(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta), grpc.Channel):
+class Channel(six.with_metaclass(abc.ABCMeta, grpc.Channel)):
     """A grpc.Channel double with which to test a system that invokes RPCs."""
 
     @abc.abstractmethod