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diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
index bbe05a5..961d7e5 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ class Pool(object):
processes = os.cpu_count() or 1
if processes < 1:
raise ValueError("Number of processes must be at least 1")
+ if maxtasksperchild is not None:
+ if not isinstance(maxtasksperchild, int) or maxtasksperchild <= 0:
+ raise ValueError("maxtasksperchild must be a positive int or None")
if initializer is not None and not callable(initializer):
raise TypeError('initializer must be a callable')