diff --git a/Lib/test/test_interpreters/utils.py b/Lib/test/test_interpreters/utils.py
index ae09aa457b48c7..bb6da52727c212 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_interpreters/utils.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_interpreters/utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from collections import namedtuple
 import contextlib
+import errno
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def _close_file(file):
         else:
             os.close(file)
     except OSError as exc:
-        if exc.errno != 9:
+        if exc.errno != errno.EBADF:
             raise  # re-raise
         # It was closed already.