diff --git a/Lib/logging/__init__.py b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
index b6941b42b60..3fe03cdeb63 100644
--- a/Lib/logging/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/logging/__init__.py
@@ -273,12 +273,10 @@ class LogRecord:
             self.threadName = None
         if not logMultiprocessing:
             self.processName = None
+        elif 'multiprocessing' not in sys.modules:
+            self.processName = 'MainProcess'
         else:
-            try:
-                from multiprocessing import current_process
-                self.processName = current_process().name
-            except ImportError:
-                self.processName = None
+            self.processName = sys.modules['multiprocessing'].current_process().name
         if logProcesses and hasattr(os, 'getpid'):
             self.process = os.getpid()
         else:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 26cbbb4143f..f60ad1385d0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
-- Issue #7115: Fixed the extension module builds that is failing when using 
+- Issue #7120: logging: Removed import of multiprocessing which is causing
+  crash in GAE.
+
+- Issue #7115: Fixed the extension module builds that is failing when using
   paths in the extension name instead of dotted names.
 
 - Issue #7068: Fixed the partial renaming that occured in r72594.
 
-- Issue #7064: Fixed the incompatibility with Setuptools in distutils 
+- Issue #7064: Fixed the incompatibility with Setuptools in distutils
   when running the build_ext command.
 
 - Issue #7052: Removed nonexisting NullHandler from logging.__all__.
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
-- Issue #6894: Fixed the issue urllib2 doesn't respect "no_proxy" environment 
+- Issue #6894: Fixed the issue urllib2 doesn't respect "no_proxy" environment
 
 - Issue #6790: Make it possible again to pass an `array.array` to
   `httplib.HTTPConnection.send`. Patch by Kirk McDonald.
@@ -177,7 +180,7 @@ Library
 - Issue #1424152: Fix for httplib, urllib2 to support SSL while working through
   proxy. Original patch by Christopher Li, changes made by Senthil Kumaran.
 
-- Issues #5155, 5313, 5331: multiprocessing.Process._bootstrap was 
+- Issues #5155, 5313, 5331: multiprocessing.Process._bootstrap was
   unconditionally calling "os.close(sys.stdin.fileno())" resulting in file
   descriptor errors
 
@@ -277,7 +280,7 @@ Library
 - Issue #2622: Fixed an ImportError when importing email.messsage from a
   standalone application built with py2exe or py2app.
 
-- Issue #6455: Fixed test_build_ext under win32. 
+- Issue #6455: Fixed test_build_ext under win32.
 
 - Issue #6403: Fixed package path usage in build_ext.