diff --git a/python/test/unit/runtime/test_cache.py b/python/test/unit/runtime/test_cache.py
index 38d396cf0a1f..02b9185eab39 100644
--- a/python/test/unit/runtime/test_cache.py
+++ b/python/test/unit/runtime/test_cache.py
@@ -170,31 +170,34 @@ def kernel_add(a, b, o, N: tl.constexpr):
     assert bins[0].asm['ttir'] != bins[1].asm['ttir']
 
 
-def test_compile_in_subproc() -> None:
+instance_descriptor = namedtuple("instance_descriptor", ["divisible_by_16", "equal_to_1"])
+
+
+def compile_fn(config, cc):
     @triton.jit
     def kernel_sub(a, b, o, N: tl.constexpr):
         idx = tl.arange(0, N)
-        tl.store(o + idx,
-                 tl.load(a + idx) - tl.load(b + idx) * 777)
+        tl.store(o + idx, tl.load(a + idx) - tl.load(b + idx) * 777)
+    triton.compile(
+        fn=kernel_sub,
+        signature={0: "*fp32", 1: "*fp32", 2: "*fp32"},
+        device=0,
+        constants={3: 32},
+        configs=[config],
+        warm_cache_only=True,
+        cc=cc,
+    )
+
 
+def test_compile_in_subproc() -> None:
     major, minor = torch.cuda.get_device_capability(0)
     cc = major * 10 + minor
-    config = namedtuple("instance_descriptor", [
-        "divisible_by_16", "equal_to_1"])(
-        tuple(range(4)),
-        ())
+    config = instance_descriptor(tuple(range(4)), ())
 
+    multiprocessing.set_start_method('spawn')
     proc = multiprocessing.Process(
-        target=triton.compile,
-        kwargs=dict(
-            fn=kernel_sub,
-            signature={0: "*fp32", 1: "*fp32", 2: "*fp32"},
-            device=0,
-            constants={3: 32},
-            configs=[config],
-            warm_cache_only=True,
-            cc=cc,
-        ))
+        target=compile_fn,
+        args=(config, cc))
     proc.start()
     proc.join()
     assert proc.exitcode == 0