diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py
index 0c2092147842ca..3e288d1b62ade3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_runners.py
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ class BaseTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def new_loop(self):
         loop = asyncio.BaseEventLoop()
         loop._process_events = mock.Mock()
+        # Mock waking event loop from select
+        loop._write_to_self = mock.Mock()
+        loop._write_to_self.return_value = None
         loop._selector = mock.Mock()
         loop._selector.select.return_value = ()
         loop.shutdown_ag_run = False