diff --git a/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py b/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
index 9001ca33b6166a..b46e5987a43570 100644
--- a/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
+++ b/Lib/test/libregrtest/main.py
@@ -769,7 +769,10 @@ def getloadavg(self):
             return self.win_load_tracker.getloadavg()
 
         if hasattr(os, 'getloadavg'):
-            return os.getloadavg()[0]
+            try:
+                return os.getloadavg()[0]
+            except OSError:
+                pass
 
         return None
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2023-07-13-02-14-57.gh-issue-99242.DHVhbD.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2023-07-13-02-14-57.gh-issue-99242.DHVhbD.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c5dd3d2bdc322f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2023-07-13-02-14-57.gh-issue-99242.DHVhbD.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+:func:`os.getloadavg` may throw :exc:`OSError` when running regression tests under
+certain conditions (e.g. chroot). This error is now caught and ignored, since
+reporting load average is optional.