diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
index 9793237bef0..449978aaace 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/forking.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def poll(self, flag=os.WNOHANG):
         def wait(self, timeout=None):
             if self.returncode is None:
                 if timeout is not None:
-                    from .connection import wait
+                    from multiprocessing.connection import wait
                     if not wait([self.sentinel], timeout):
                         return None
                 # This shouldn't block if wait() returned successfully.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index f44427204f8..187d4b2ba61 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #20633: Replace relative import by absolute import.
+
 - Issue #20875: Prevent possible gzip "'read' is not defined" NameError.
   Patch by Claudiu Popa.