diff --git a/src/client/testing/testController/pytest/pytestExecutionAdapter.ts b/src/client/testing/testController/pytest/pytestExecutionAdapter.ts
index 102841c2e2dd..33a4e5f36ce9 100644
--- a/src/client/testing/testController/pytest/pytestExecutionAdapter.ts
+++ b/src/client/testing/testController/pytest/pytestExecutionAdapter.ts
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ export class PytestTestExecutionAdapter implements ITestExecutionAdapter {
                 });
 
                 const result = execService?.execObservable(runArgs, spawnOptions);
+                resultProc = result?.proc;
 
                 // Take all output from the subprocess and add it to the test output channel. This will be the pytest output.
                 // Displays output to user and ensure the subprocess doesn't run into buffer overflow.