diff --git a/test/common.py b/test/common.py
index 0477180e9a990..82887e8e23c70 100644
--- a/test/common.py
+++ b/test/common.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import itertools
 import json
 import logging
-import threading
+import multiprocessing
 import os
 import re
 import shlex