diff --git a/Lib/telnetlib.py b/Lib/telnetlib.py
index 2eaa8e3709861a..d0246c0aea7d8c 100644
--- a/Lib/telnetlib.py
+++ b/Lib/telnetlib.py
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ def _read_until_with_poll(self, match, timeout):
                     ready = poller.poll(None if timeout is None
                                         else 1000 * call_timeout)
                 except select.error as e:
-                    if e.errno == errno.EINTR:
+                    if e[0] == errno.EINTR:
                         if timeout is not None:
                             elapsed = time() - time_start
                             call_timeout = timeout-elapsed
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ def _expect_with_poll(self, expect_list, timeout=None):
                     ready = poller.poll(None if timeout is None
                                         else 1000 * call_timeout)
                 except select.error as e:
-                    if e.errno == errno.EINTR:
+                    if e[0] == errno.EINTR:
                         if timeout is not None:
                             elapsed = time() - time_start
                             call_timeout = timeout-elapsed
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-29-15-16-56.bpo-18035.c6rdCt.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-29-15-16-56.bpo-18035.c6rdCt.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..7b6e0dc6b282ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2017-12-29-15-16-56.bpo-18035.c6rdCt.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+``telnetlib``: ``select.error`` doesn't have an ``errno`` attribute. Patch
+by Segev Finer.