diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 391d08cd9c3..5016513decd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -1568,8 +1568,10 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         fork_exec.side_effect = proper_error
 
-        with self.assertRaises(IsADirectoryError):
-            self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
+        with mock.patch("subprocess.os.waitpid",
+                        side_effect=ChildProcessError):
+            with self.assertRaises(IsADirectoryError):
+                self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
 
     @mock.patch("subprocess._posixsubprocess.fork_exec")
     def test_exception_errpipe_bad_data(self, fork_exec):
@@ -1586,8 +1588,10 @@ class POSIXProcessTestCase(BaseTestCase):
 
         fork_exec.side_effect = bad_error
 
-        with self.assertRaises(subprocess.SubprocessError) as e:
-            self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
+        with mock.patch("subprocess.os.waitpid",
+                        side_effect=ChildProcessError):
+            with self.assertRaises(subprocess.SubprocessError) as e:
+                self.PopenNoDestructor(["non_existent_command"])
 
         self.assertIn(repr(error_data), str(e.exception))