diff -r b3d4fd17e96d Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py	Fri Mar 06 09:10:45 2015 -0500
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py	Fri Mar 06 15:21:03 2015 -0600
@@ -713,6 +713,34 @@
         for p in workers:
             p.join()
 
+    def test_no_import_lock_contention(self):
+        import textwrap
+
+        module_name = 'imported_by_an_imported_module'
+        filename = module_name + ".py"
+        script = """
+            import multiprocessing
+
+            q = multiprocessing.Queue()
+            q.put('knock knock')
+            q.get(timeout=3)
+            q.close()
+            del q
+        """
+        with open(filename, 'w') as f:
+            f.write(textwrap.dedent(script))
+        self.addCleanup(test.support.unlink, filename)
+
+        try:
+            sys.path.append(os.getcwd())
+            try:
+                __import__(module_name)
+            except pyqueue.Empty:
+                self.fail("Probable regression on import lock contention;"
+                          " see Issue 22853")
+        finally:
+            self.assertEqual(sys.path.pop(), os.getcwd())
+
     def test_timeout(self):
         q = multiprocessing.Queue()
         start = time.time()