diff --git a/freezegun/api.py b/freezegun/api.py
index 81d4da17..bfa44378 100644
--- a/freezegun/api.py
+++ b/freezegun/api.py
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ def timestamp(self):
     def now(cls, tz=None):
         now = cls._time_to_freeze() or real_datetime.now()
         if tz:
-            result = tz.fromutc(now.replace(tzinfo=tz)) + cls._tz_offset()
+            result = tz.fromutc(now.replace(tzinfo=tz))
         else:
             result = now + cls._tz_offset()
         return datetime_to_fakedatetime(result)
diff --git a/tests/test_operations.py b/tests/test_operations.py
index 303a1dc8..6f7b9a77 100644
--- a/tests/test_operations.py
+++ b/tests/test_operations.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_datetime_timezone_real():
 @freeze_time("2012-01-14 2:00:00", tz_offset=-4)
 def test_datetime_timezone_real_with_offset():
     now = datetime.datetime.now(tz=GMT5())
-    assert now == datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 14, 3, tzinfo=GMT5())
+    assert now == datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 14, 7, tzinfo=GMT5())
     assert now.utcoffset() == timedelta(0, 60 * 60 * 5)