diff --git a/Lib/test/test_file.py b/Lib/test/test_file.py
index b4f494b..a134a89 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_file.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_file.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
         for name in (TESTFN, unicode(TESTFN), unicode(TESTFN + '\t')):
             try:
                 f = open(name, "rr")
-            except IOError:
+            except (IOError, ValueError):
                 pass
             else:
                 f.close()