diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/popen_fork.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/popen_fork.py
index 5d0fa569f12eaa..6396db45b136b6 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/popen_fork.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/popen_fork.py
@@ -14,14 +14,7 @@ class Popen(object):
     method = 'fork'
 
     def __init__(self, process_obj):
-        try:
-            sys.stdout.flush()
-        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
-            pass
-        try:
-            sys.stderr.flush()
-        except (AttributeError, ValueError):
-            pass
+        util._flush_std_streams()
         self.returncode = None
         self._launch(process_obj)
 
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
index 1d26b5e521e7e7..c6157b6046a0a6 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/process.py
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ def _bootstrap(self):
             traceback.print_exc()
         finally:
             util.info('process exiting with exitcode %d' % exitcode)
-            sys.stdout.flush()
-            sys.stderr.flush()
+            util._flush_std_streams()
 
         return exitcode
 
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
index b490caa7e64333..24573764fab16a 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/util.py
@@ -388,6 +388,20 @@ def _close_stdin():
     except (OSError, ValueError):
         pass
 
+#
+# Flush standard streams, if any
+#
+
+def _flush_std_streams():
+    try:
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+        pass
+    try:
+        sys.stderr.flush()
+    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
+        pass
+
 #
 # Start a program with only specified fds kept open
 #
diff --git a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
index e4d60f8804269d..dd0a9d7a862a46 100644
--- a/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/_test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -427,10 +427,19 @@ def test_lose_target_ref(self):
         close_queue(q)
 
     @classmethod
-    def _test_error_on_stdio_flush(self, evt):
+    def _test_error_on_stdio_flush(self, evt, break_std_streams={}):
+        for stream_name, action in break_std_streams.items():
+            if action == 'close':
+                stream = io.StringIO()
+                stream.close()
+            else:
+                assert action == 'remove'
+                stream = None
+            setattr(sys, stream_name, None)
         evt.set()
 
-    def test_error_on_stdio_flush(self):
+    def test_error_on_stdio_flush_1(self):
+        # Check that Process works with broken standard streams
         streams = [io.StringIO(), None]
         streams[0].close()
         for stream_name in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
@@ -444,6 +453,24 @@ def test_error_on_stdio_flush(self):
                     proc.start()
                     proc.join()
                     self.assertTrue(evt.is_set())
+                    self.assertEqual(proc.exitcode, 0)
+                finally:
+                    setattr(sys, stream_name, old_stream)
+
+    def test_error_on_stdio_flush_2(self):
+        # Same as test_error_on_stdio_flush_1(), but standard streams are
+        # broken by the child process
+        for stream_name in ('stdout', 'stderr'):
+            for action in ('close', 'remove'):
+                old_stream = getattr(sys, stream_name)
+                try:
+                    evt = self.Event()
+                    proc = self.Process(target=self._test_error_on_stdio_flush,
+                                        args=(evt, {stream_name: action}))
+                    proc.start()
+                    proc.join()
+                    self.assertTrue(evt.is_set())
+                    self.assertEqual(proc.exitcode, 0)
                 finally:
                     setattr(sys, stream_name, old_stream)
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-03-11-19-03-52.bpo-31804.i8KUMp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-03-11-19-03-52.bpo-31804.i8KUMp.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7fcede297aca31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-03-11-19-03-52.bpo-31804.i8KUMp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Avoid failing in multiprocessing.Process if the standard streams are closed
+or None at exit.