diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
index efa0056..92170f2 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
         task_handler.join()
 
         debug('joining result handler')
-        task_handler.join()
+        result_handler.join()
 
         if pool and hasattr(pool[0], 'terminate'):
             debug('joining pool workers')