diff --git a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
index 345a57a5cfee2d..346bd41f9c3926 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_inspect/test_inspect.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from annotationlib import Format, ForwardRef
+import asyncio
 import builtins
 import collections
 import copy
@@ -49,6 +50,10 @@
 from test.test_inspect import inspect_deferred_annotations
 
 
+def tearDownModule():
+    asyncio._set_event_loop_policy(None)
+
+
 # Functions tested in this suite:
 # ismodule, isclass, ismethod, isfunction, istraceback, isframe, iscode,
 # isbuiltin, isroutine, isgenerator, ispackage, isgeneratorfunction, getmembers,