diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/__init__.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/__init__.py
index e4af68bed1a..c0e00cd93da 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/__init__.py
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ def cpu_count():
             num = 0
     elif 'bsd' in sys.platform or sys.platform == 'darwin':
         try:
-            num = int(os.popen('sysctl -n hw.ncpu').read())
+            with os.popen('sysctl -n hw.ncpu') as p:
+                num = int(p.read())
         except ValueError:
             num = 0
     else:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index 71571d760ff..f1ccea658e6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -1260,7 +1260,11 @@ class _TestManagerRestart(BaseTestCase):
         authkey = os.urandom(32)
         manager = QueueManager(
             address=('localhost', 0), authkey=authkey, serializer=SERIALIZER)
-        addr = manager.get_server().address
+        srvr = manager.get_server()
+        addr = srvr.address
+        # Close the connection.Listener socket which gets opened as a part
+        # of manager.get_server(). It's not needed for the test.
+        srvr.listener.close()
         manager.start()
 
         p = self.Process(target=self._putter, args=(manager.address, authkey))