diff --git a/src/python/oftest/testutils.py b/src/python/oftest/testutils.py
index 5dbc0dc..acf7bde 100755
--- a/src/python/oftest/testutils.py
+++ b/src/python/oftest/testutils.py
@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@
                 '08 00 45 00 00 2e 04 d2 00 00 7f 00 b2 47 c0 a8 '
                 '01 64 c0 a8 02 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 '
                 '00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00'):
-    data = (content)
-    data_list = data.split(" ")
-    pkt = ''.join(data_list).decode('hex')
-
+             
+    pkt = ''.join(content.split(" ")).decode('hex')
+    
+    if len(pkt) < 64:
+        pkt = pkt/("D" * (64 - len(pkt)))
+        
     return pkt
 
 def simple_tcp_packet(pktlen=100,