diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index 946e0b28c15..0c9fbfbcfac 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -400,7 +400,10 @@ def __signal_interrupt(self):
             from signal import SIGINT
         except ImportError:
             SIGINT = 2
-        os.kill(self.rpcpid, SIGINT)
+        try:
+            os.kill(self.rpcpid, SIGINT)
+        except OSError:    # subprocess may have already exited
+            pass
 
     def __request_interrupt(self):
         self.rpcclt.asynccall("exec", "interrupt_the_server", (), {})
diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
index 54455a26020..2939f5fa83b 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/rpc.py
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ def localcall(self, request):
             return ("OK", ret)
         except SystemExit:
             raise
+        except socket.error:
+            pass
         except:
             self.debug("localcall:EXCEPTION")
             traceback.print_exc(file=sys.__stderr__)