diff --git a/test/common/child_process.js b/test/common/child_process.js
index 30669821bf4165..22fb8190602966 100644
--- a/test/common/child_process.js
+++ b/test/common/child_process.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ function cleanupStaleProcess(filename) {
   }
   process.once('beforeExit', () => {
     const basename = filename.replace(/.*[/\\]/g, '');
-    require('child_process')
+    try {
+      require('child_process')
       .execFileSync(`${process.env.SystemRoot}\\System32\\wbem\\WMIC.exe`, [
         'process',
         'where',
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ function cleanupStaleProcess(filename) {
         'delete',
         '/nointeractive',
       ]);
+    } catch {
+      // Ignore failures, there might not be any stale process to clean up.
+    }
   });
 }