diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
index 830135f516c..460ae9a0355 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
@@ -3953,6 +3953,10 @@ private void CopyFileInfoItem(FileInfo file, string destinationPath, bool force,
                             WriteError(new ErrorRecord(unAuthorizedAccessException, "CopyFileInfoItemUnauthorizedAccessError", ErrorCategory.PermissionDenied, file));
                         }
                     }
+                    catch (IOException ioException)
+                    {
+                        WriteError(new ErrorRecord(ioException, "CopyFileInfoItemIOError", ErrorCategory.WriteError, file));
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Copy.Item.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Copy.Item.Tests.ps1
index bb71e8adec9..729d3b3d2e5 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Copy.Item.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/Copy.Item.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
+Describe "Validate Copy-Item locally" -Tags "CI" {
+    It "Copy-Item has non-terminating error if destination is in use" -Skip:(!$IsWindows) {
+        Copy-Item -Path $env:windir\system32\cmd.exe -Destination TestDrive:\
+        $cmd = Start-Process -FilePath TestDrive:\cmd.exe -PassThru
+        try {
+            { Copy-Item -Path $env:windir\system32\cmd.exe -Destination TestDrive:\ -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue } | Should -Not -Throw
+        }
+        finally {
+            $cmd | Stop-Process
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 # This is a Pester test suite to validate Copy-Item remotely using a remote session.
 
 # If PS Remoting is not available, do not run the suite.