diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
index cd52736a70f..68959bf9f43 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def _bootstrap(self):
                 exitcode = e.args[0]
             else:
                 sys.stderr.write(str(e.args[0]) + '\n')
-                exitcode = 0 if isinstance(e.args[0], str) else 1
+                exitcode = 1
         except:
             exitcode = 1
             import traceback
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index ad77260c057..183e86fd3ab 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ def test_sys_exit(self):
         testfn = test.support.TESTFN
         self.addCleanup(test.support.unlink, testfn)
 
-        for reason, code in (([1, 2, 3], 1), ('ignore this', 0)):
+        for reason, code in (([1, 2, 3], 1), ('ignore this', 1)):
             p = self.Process(target=self._test_sys_exit, args=(reason, testfn))
             p.daemon = True
             p.start()