diff --git a/Lib/test/test_code.py b/Lib/test/test_code.py
index ecd1e82a6dbef9..824abc8f7b83ed 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_code.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_code.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
     ctypes = None
 from test.support import (cpython_only,
                           check_impl_detail, requires_debug_ranges,
-                          gc_collect)
+                          gc_collect, Py_GIL_DISABLED)
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
 from test.support import threading_helper, import_helper
 from test.support.bytecode_helper import instructions_with_positions
@@ -865,7 +865,11 @@ def __init__(self, f, test):
                 def run(self):
                     del self.f
                     gc_collect()
-                    self.test.assertEqual(LAST_FREED, 500)
+                    # gh-117683: In the free-threaded build, the code object's
+                    # destructor may still be running concurrently in the main
+                    # thread.
+                    if not Py_GIL_DISABLED:
+                        self.test.assertEqual(LAST_FREED, 500)
 
             SetExtra(f.__code__, FREE_INDEX, ctypes.c_voidp(500))
             tt = ThreadTest(f, self)