diff --git a/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py b/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
index f545f0856ec..724c5302612 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_posixpath.py
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ def test_realpath_symlink_loops(self):
             support.unlink(ABSTFN+"2")
             support.unlink(ABSTFN+"y")
             support.unlink(ABSTFN+"c")
+            support.unlink(ABSTFN+"a")
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(os, "symlink"),
                          "Missing symlink implementation")