diff --git a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_urllib.py
@@ -275,17 +275,21 @@ Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-885
         self.assertTrue(e.exception.filename)
         self.assertTrue(e.exception.reason)
 
     def test_file_notexists(self):
         fd, tmp_file = tempfile.mkstemp()
         tmp_fileurl = 'file://' + tmp_file
 
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(tmp_file))
-        self.assertTrue(urlopen(tmp_fileurl))
+        tmp_url = urlopen(tmp_fileurl)
+        try:
+            self.assertTrue(tmp_url)
+        finally:
+            tmp_url.close()
 
         os.unlink(tmp_file)
         self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(tmp_file))
         with self.assertRaises(urllib.error.URLError):
             urlopen(tmp_fileurl)
 
     def test_ftp_nohost(self):
         test_ftp_url = 'ftp:///path'