diff --git a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
index 64fbe21..a23f934 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_subprocess.py
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@
                                  stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
             # Windows raises IOError
             except (IOError, OSError) as err:
-                if err.errno != 2:  # ignore "no such file"
+                if err.errno != errno.ENOENT:  # ignore "no such file"
                     raise
 
     def test_issue8780(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 2932280..f1fd78e 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -590,6 +590,8 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #9894: Do not hardcode ENOENT in test_subprocess.
+
 - Issue #9315: Added tests for the trace module.  Patch by Eli Bendersky.
 
 - Issue #7564: Skip test_ioctl if another process is attached to /dev/tty.