diff --git a/Lib/test/test_logging.py b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
index b74f20156ffd84..40411b44884835 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_logging.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_logging.py
@@ -5425,7 +5425,8 @@ def test_compute_files_to_delete(self):
             p = os.path.join(wd, '%s.log' % prefix)
             rotator = logging.handlers.TimedRotatingFileHandler(p, when='s',
                                                                 interval=5,
-                                                                backupCount=7)
+                                                                backupCount=7,
+                                                                delay=True)
             rotators.append(rotator)
             if prefix.startswith('a.b'):
                 for t in times: