From 20cf32e761fb9eaccc142415b389998896869263 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2023 23:38:56 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] gh-101283: Fix use of unbound variable (GH-101712)

---
 Lib/subprocess.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Lib/subprocess.py b/Lib/subprocess.py
index fa527d50ebb44d..1f203bd00d3500 100644
--- a/Lib/subprocess.py
+++ b/Lib/subprocess.py
@@ -1494,6 +1494,8 @@ def _execute_child(self, args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
                             raise FileNotFoundError('shell not found: neither %ComSpec% nor %SystemRoot% is set')
                     if os.path.isabs(comspec):
                         executable = comspec
+                else:
+                    comspec = executable
 
                 args = '{} /c "{}"'.format (comspec, args)