diff --git a/salt/_logging/handlers.py b/salt/_logging/handlers.py
index 7b751bdcef59..85c25865f602 100644
--- a/salt/_logging/handlers.py
+++ b/salt/_logging/handlers.py
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ def flush(self):
                 super().handle(record)
             finally:
                 self.__emitting = False
-        super().flush()
+        # Seeing an exception from calling flush on a closed file in the test
+        # suite. Handling this condition for now but this seems to be
+        # indicitive of an un-clean teardown at some point.
+        if not self.stream.closed:
+            super().flush()
 
     def sync_with_handlers(self, handlers=()):
         """