diff --git a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
index 3fb641108cf8f90c024202bd22872dbce0958943..5cfab683205d0d51f24acef51156c35b86e9d147 100644
--- a/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
+++ b/Lib/tkinter/test/test_tkinter/test_widgets.py
@@ -864,7 +864,8 @@ def test_digits(self):
 
     def test_from(self):
         widget = self.create()
-        self.checkFloatParam(widget, 'from', 100, 14.9, 15.1, conv=float_round)
+        conv = False if get_tk_patchlevel() >= (8, 6, 10) else float_round
+        self.checkFloatParam(widget, 'from', 100, 14.9, 15.1, conv=conv)
 
     def test_label(self):
         widget = self.create()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-08-03-13-44-37.bpo-41306.VDoWXI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-08-03-13-44-37.bpo-41306.VDoWXI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5e9ba2d8a27417e71a23268a60b445d95ed4f1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-08-03-13-44-37.bpo-41306.VDoWXI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed a failure in ``test_tk.test_widgets.ScaleTest`` happening when executing the test with Tk 8.6.10.