diff --git a/Lib/test/test_gc.py b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
index 9de7c29190f..0e5a3977466 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_gc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_gc.py
@@ -489,6 +489,8 @@ def run_command(code):
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                 stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
+            p.stdout.close()
+            p.stderr.close()
             self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0)
             self.assertEqual(stdout.strip(), b"")
             return strip_python_stderr(stderr)