diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
index 170aa7f..00c904a 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@
         # We must wait for the worker handler to exit before terminating
         # workers because we don't want workers to be restarted behind our back.
         debug('joining worker handler')
-        worker_handler.join()
+        if threading.current_thread() is not worker_handler:
+            worker_handler.join(1e100)
 
         # Terminate workers which haven't already finished.
         if pool and hasattr(pool[0], 'terminate'):
@@ -499,10 +500,12 @@
                     p.terminate()
 
         debug('joining task handler')
-        task_handler.join(1e100)
+        if threading.current_thread() is not task_handler:
+            task_handler.join(1e100)
 
         debug('joining result handler')
-        result_handler.join(1e100)
+        if threading.current_thread() is not result_handler:
+            result_handler.join(1e100)
 
         if pool and hasattr(pool[0], 'terminate'):
             debug('joining pool workers')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a11c488..11fb95f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #15101: Make pool finalizer avoid joining current thread.
+
 - Issue #15054: A bug in tokenize.tokenize that caused string literals
   with 'b' and 'br' prefixes to be incorrectly tokenized has been fixed.
   Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.