diff --git a/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py b/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py
index 48833a105..c6811f02e 100755
--- a/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py
+++ b/psutil/tests/test_process_all.py
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ def memory_maps(self, ret, info):
             for fname in nt._fields:
                 value = getattr(nt, fname)
                 if fname == 'path':
-                    if not value.startswith(("[", "anon_inode:")):
+                    if not value.startswith(("[", "anon_inode:", "socket:")):
                         assert os.path.isabs(nt.path), nt.path
                         # commented as on Linux we might get
                         # '/foo/bar (deleted)'