diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index 23e9bd328c1..76c340c8797 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
                                          int(not close_fds),
                                          creationflags,
                                          env,
-                                         os.fspath(cwd),
+                                         os.fspath(cwd) if cwd is not None else None,
                                          startupinfo)
             finally:
                 # Child is launched. Close the parent's copy of those pipe