diff --git a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
index cf21b51b..25644ac8 100644
--- a/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
+++ b/jedi/evaluate/compiled/subprocess/__init__.py
@@ -156,9 +156,8 @@ class CompiledSubprocess(object):
             pid,
         )
 
-    @property
     @memoize_method
-    def _process(self):
+    def _get_process(self):
         debug.dbg('Start environment subprocess %s', self._executable)
         parso_path = sys.modules['parso'].__file__
         args = (
@@ -204,8 +203,8 @@ class CompiledSubprocess(object):
     def _kill(self):
         self.is_crashed = True
         try:
-            self._process.kill()
-            self._process.wait()
+            self._get_process().kill()
+            self._get_process().wait()
         except (AttributeError, TypeError):
             # If the Python process is terminating, it will remove some modules
             # earlier than others and in general it's unclear how to deal with
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ class CompiledSubprocess(object):
 
         data = evaluator_id, function, args, kwargs
         try:
-            pickle_dump(data, self._process.stdin, self._pickle_protocol)
+            pickle_dump(data, self._get_process().stdin, self._pickle_protocol)
         except (socket.error, IOError) as e:
             # Once Python2 will be removed we can just use `BrokenPipeError`.
             # Also, somehow in windows it returns EINVAL instead of EPIPE if
@@ -239,10 +238,10 @@ class CompiledSubprocess(object):
                                 % self._executable)
 
         try:
-            is_exception, traceback, result = pickle_load(self._process.stdout)
+            is_exception, traceback, result = pickle_load(self._get_process().stdout)
         except EOFError as eof_error:
             try:
-                stderr = self._process.stderr.read().decode('utf-8', 'replace')
+                stderr = self._get_process().stderr.read().decode('utf-8', 'replace')
             except Exception as exc:
                 stderr = '<empty/not available (%r)>' % exc
             self._kill()