diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py
index 9c2ba679ce2bf1..d40af422e614c1 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_subprocess.py
@@ -104,7 +104,12 @@ def close(self):
         for proto in self._pipes.values():
             if proto is None:
                 continue
-            proto.pipe.close()
+            # See gh-114177
+            # skip closing the pipe if loop is already closed
+            # this can happen e.g. when loop is closed immediately after
+            # process is killed
+            if self._loop and not self._loop.is_closed():
+                proto.pipe.close()
 
         if (self._proc is not None and
                 # has the child process finished?
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-22-13-10-32.gh-issue-114177.3TYUJ3.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-22-13-10-32.gh-issue-114177.3TYUJ3.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c98fde5fb04f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-22-13-10-32.gh-issue-114177.3TYUJ3.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix :mod:`asyncio` to not close subprocess pipes which would otherwise error out when the event loop is already closed.