diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py b/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
index 9d1be28c6d3..9ab68c67241 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fcntl.py
@@ -51,6 +51,21 @@ class BadFile:
     def fileno(self):
         return self.fn
 
+def try_lockf_on_other_process_fail(fname, cmd):
+    f = open(fname, 'wb+')
+    try:
+        fcntl.lockf(f, cmd)
+    except BlockingIOError:
+        pass
+    finally:
+        f.close()
+
+def try_lockf_on_other_process(fname, cmd):
+    f = open(fname, 'wb+')
+    fcntl.lockf(f, cmd)
+    fcntl.lockf(f, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
+    f.close()
+
 class TestFcntl(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -138,28 +153,23 @@ class TestFcntl(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, fcntl.flock, -1, fcntl.LOCK_SH)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, fcntl.flock, 'spam', fcntl.LOCK_SH)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(platform.system() == "AIX", "AIX returns PermissionError")
     def test_lockf_exclusive(self):
         self.f = open(TESTFN, 'wb+')
         cmd = fcntl.LOCK_EX | fcntl.LOCK_NB
-        def try_lockf_on_other_process():
-            self.assertRaises(BlockingIOError, fcntl.lockf, self.f, cmd)
-
         fcntl.lockf(self.f, cmd)
-        p = Process(target=try_lockf_on_other_process)
+        p = Process(target=try_lockf_on_other_process_fail, args=(TESTFN, cmd))
         p.start()
         p.join()
         fcntl.lockf(self.f, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
         self.assertEqual(p.exitcode, 0)
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(platform.system() == "AIX", "AIX returns PermissionError")
     def test_lockf_share(self):
         self.f = open(TESTFN, 'wb+')
         cmd = fcntl.LOCK_SH | fcntl.LOCK_NB
-        def try_lockf_on_other_process():
-            fcntl.lockf(self.f, cmd)
-            fcntl.lockf(self.f, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
-
         fcntl.lockf(self.f, cmd)
-        p = Process(target=try_lockf_on_other_process)
+        p = Process(target=try_lockf_on_other_process, args=(TESTFN, cmd))
         p.start()
         p.join()
         fcntl.lockf(self.f, fcntl.LOCK_UN)