diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
index 62173340299..d5e6fa3a016 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
@@ -398,7 +398,8 @@ class DispatcherWithSendTests_UsePoll(DispatcherWithSendTests):
 class FileWrapperTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.d = "It's not dead, it's sleeping!"
-        file(TESTFN, 'w').write(self.d)
+        with file(TESTFN, 'w') as h:
+            h.write(self.d)
 
     def tearDown(self):
         unlink(TESTFN)