diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py b/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py
index e83dd0d4e28d006..a3b4f8fa076dcce 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io/test_bufferedio.py
@@ -624,8 +624,8 @@ def test_bad_readinto_type(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(cm.exception.__cause__, TypeError)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(sys.maxsize > 2**32, 'requires 64bit platform')
-    @unittest.skipIf(check_sanitizer(thread=True),
-                     'ThreadSanitizer aborts on huge allocations (exit code 66).')
+    @unittest.skipIf(check_sanitizer(address=True, thread=True),
+                     'Sanitizers abort on huge allocations.')
     def test_read1_error_does_not_cause_reentrant_failure(self):
         self.addCleanup(os_helper.unlink, os_helper.TESTFN)
         with self.open(os_helper.TESTFN, "wb") as f: