diff --git a/tests/gold_tests/thread_config/check_threads.py b/tests/gold_tests/thread_config/check_threads.py
index 975e95f8791..7ebfb808cfa 100755
--- a/tests/gold_tests/thread_config/check_threads.py
+++ b/tests/gold_tests/thread_config/check_threads.py
@@ -23,12 +23,11 @@
 
 def count_threads(ts_path, etnet_threads, accept_threads, task_threads, aio_threads):
 
-    for pid in psutil.pids():
+    for p in psutil.process_iter(['name', 'cwd', 'threads']):
 
         # Find the pid corresponding to the ats process we started in autest.
         # It needs to match the process name and the binary path.
         # If autest can expose the pid of the process this is not needed anymore.
-        p = psutil.Process(pid)
         if p.name() == '[TS_MAIN]' and p.cwd() == ts_path:
 
             etnet_check = set()