diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/queues.py
@@ -188,13 +188,8 @@ class Queue(object):
         debug('... done self._thread.start()')
 
         # On process exit we will wait for data to be flushed to pipe.
-        #
-        # However, if this process created the queue then all
-        # processes which use the queue will be descendants of this
-        # process.  Therefore waiting for the queue to be flushed
-        # is pointless once all the child processes have been joined.
         created_by_this_process = (self._opid == os.getpid())
-        if not self._joincancelled and not created_by_this_process:
+        if not self._joincancelled:
             self._jointhread = Finalize(
                 self._thread, Queue._finalize_join,
                 [weakref.ref(self._thread)],