diff --git a/examples/misc/multiprocess_sgskip.py b/examples/misc/multiprocess_sgskip.py
index 2ab563d5b43e..517fdc392556 100644
--- a/examples/misc/multiprocess_sgskip.py
+++ b/examples/misc/multiprocess_sgskip.py
@@ -102,5 +102,5 @@ def main():
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     if plt.get_backend() == "MacOSX":
-        multiprocessing.set_start_method("forkserver")
+        mp.set_start_method("forkserver")
     main()