diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py
index a5f6d4c3f0c8ed74d1489168e712df94264db836..8906b253f0babc7d19673414e7cf889de93cb863 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/courseware/views/views.py
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ from django.urls import reverse
 from django.utils.decorators import method_decorator
 from django.utils.http import urlquote_plus
 from django.utils.text import slugify
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import ugettext
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_control
 from django.views.decorators.clickjacking import xframe_options_exempt
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
@@ -1692,7 +1693,7 @@ def financial_assistance_form(request):
                 'defaultValue': '',
                 'required': True,
                 'options': enrolled_courses,
-                'instructions': _(
+                'instructions': ugettext(
                     'Select the course for which you want to earn a verified certificate. If'
                     ' the course does not appear in the list, make sure that you have enrolled'
                     ' in the audit track for the course.'