diff --git a/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py b/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
index 9c28a6872be..b52d4608bce 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_genericpath.py
@@ -272,6 +272,15 @@ class TestGenericTest(GenericTest, unittest.TestCase):
     # and is only meant to be inherited by others.
     pathmodule = genericpath
 
+    def test_null_bytes(self):
+        for attr in GenericTest.common_attributes:
+            # os.path.commonprefix doesn't raise ValueError
+            if attr == 'commonprefix':
+                continue
+            with self.subTest(attr=attr):
+                with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as cm:
+                    getattr(self.pathmodule, attr)('/tmp\x00abcds')
+                self.assertEqual(str(cm.exception), 'embedded null byte')
 
 # Following TestCase is not supposed to be run from test_genericpath.
 # It is inherited by other test modules (macpath, ntpath, posixpath).