diff --git a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc
index 0237056..4b3e9d9 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc
+++ b/compiler/cpp/src/generate/t_py_generator.cc
@@ -1832,12 +1832,11 @@
 
 string t_py_generator::type_name(t_type* ttype) {
   t_program* program = ttype->get_program();
+  if (ttype->is_service()) {
+    return get_real_py_module(program) + "." + ttype->get_name();
+  }
   if (program != NULL && program != program_) {
-    if (ttype->is_service()) {
-      return get_real_py_module(program) + "." + ttype->get_name();
-    } else {
-      return get_real_py_module(program) + ".ttypes." + ttype->get_name();
-    }
+    return get_real_py_module(program) + ".ttypes." + ttype->get_name();
   }
   return ttype->get_name();
 }
diff --git a/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift b/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift
index e730b22..3adaf0c 100644
--- a/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift
+++ b/test/DebugProtoTest.thrift
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
   i32 Janky(i32 arg)
 }
 
+service Inherited extends Srv {
+  i32 identity(i32 arg)
+}
+
 service EmptyService {}
 
 // The only purpose of this thing is to increase the size of the generated code
diff --git a/test/py/TestSyntax.py b/test/py/TestSyntax.py
index 2921419..7e49989 100755
--- a/test/py/TestSyntax.py
+++ b/test/py/TestSyntax.py
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@
 
 # Just import these generated files to make sure they are syntactically valid
 from DebugProtoTest import EmptyService
+from DebugProtoTest import Inherited