diff --git a/lib/ansible/executor/process/worker.py b/lib/ansible/executor/process/worker.py
index aeab3e75a7..7119d3c8aa 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/executor/process/worker.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/executor/process/worker.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class WorkerProcess(multiprocessing.Process):
                     # not a valid file descriptor, so we just rely on
                     # using the one that was passed in
                     pass
-        except ValueError:
+        except AttributeError, ValueError:
             # couldn't get stdin's fileno, so we just carry on
             pass