diff --git a/Lib/test/test_threading.py b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
index f7dea136a87c0d..9c6561c099f570 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_threading.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_threading.py
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ def test_args_argument(self):
             with self.subTest(target=target, args=args):
                 t = threading.Thread(target=target, args=args)
                 t.start()
+                t.join()
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_disallow_instantiation(self):