diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py
index 4c9b0dd5653..6dbde2b696a 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ class BaseSubprocessTransport(transports.SubprocessTransport):
 
             try:
                 self._proc.kill()
-            except ProcessLookupError:
+            except (ProcessLookupError, PermissionError):
+                # the process may have already exited or may be running setuid
                 pass
 
             # Don't clear the _proc reference yet: _post_init() may still run
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-06-16-01-33.gh-issue-112800.TNsGJ-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-06-16-01-33.gh-issue-112800.TNsGJ-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e88eac16917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2023-12-06-16-01-33.gh-issue-112800.TNsGJ-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :mod:`asyncio` ``SubprocessTransport.close()`` not to throw
+``PermissionError`` when used with setuid executables.