diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
index 00cfdd37e568a6..844ebdcd71890c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib.py
@@ -60,14 +60,16 @@ def test_div_nested(self):
 
     def test_pickling_common(self):
         P = self.cls
-        p = P('/a/b')
-        for proto in range(0, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
-            dumped = pickle.dumps(p, proto)
-            pp = pickle.loads(dumped)
-            self.assertIs(pp.__class__, p.__class__)
-            self.assertEqual(pp, p)
-            self.assertEqual(hash(pp), hash(p))
-            self.assertEqual(str(pp), str(p))
+        for pathstr in ('a', 'a/', 'a/b', 'a/b/c', '/', '/a/b', '/a/b/c', 'a/b/c/'):
+            with self.subTest(pathstr=pathstr):
+                p = P(pathstr)
+                for proto in range(0, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
+                    dumped = pickle.dumps(p, proto)
+                    pp = pickle.loads(dumped)
+                    self.assertIs(pp.__class__, p.__class__)
+                    self.assertEqual(pp, p)
+                    self.assertEqual(hash(pp), hash(p))
+                    self.assertEqual(str(pp), str(p))
 
     def test_fspath_common(self):
         P = self.cls
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
index a272973d9c1d61..296c3765b00316 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pathlib/test_pathlib_abc.py
@@ -1655,13 +1655,6 @@ def test_is_char_device_false(self):
         self.assertIs((P / 'fileA\udfff').is_char_device(), False)
         self.assertIs((P / 'fileA\x00').is_char_device(), False)
 
-    def test_pickling_common(self):
-        p = self.cls(self.base, 'fileA')
-        for proto in range(0, pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
-            dumped = pickle.dumps(p, proto)
-            pp = pickle.loads(dumped)
-            self.assertEqual(pp.stat(), p.stat())
-
     def test_parts_interning(self):
         P = self.cls
         p = P('/usr/bin/foo')