diff --git a/py7zr/py7zr.py b/py7zr/py7zr.py
index 6c91451a..d0f6741a 100644
--- a/py7zr/py7zr.py
+++ b/py7zr/py7zr.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import sys
 import time
 from multiprocessing import Process
+from shutil import ReadError
 from threading import Thread
 from typing import IO, Any, BinaryIO, Collection, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
 
@@ -1210,6 +1211,8 @@ def unpack_7zarchive(archive, path, extra=None):
     """
     Function for registering with shutil.register_unpack_format().
     """
+    if not is_7zfile(archive):
+        raise ReadError(f"{archive} is not a 7zip file.")
     with SevenZipFile(archive) as arc:
         arc.extractall(path)
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 2692c0b8..23960a67 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
 # Configuration for pytest.
 # Thanks to Guilherme Salgado.
 
+import shutil
+
 import cpuinfo
 import pytest
 
+from py7zr import unpack_7zarchive
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def register_shutil_unpack_format():
+    shutil.register_unpack_format("7zip", [".7z"], unpack_7zarchive)
+
 
 def pytest_benchmark_update_json(config, benchmarks, output_json):
     """Calculate compression/decompression speed and add as extra_info"""
diff --git a/tests/test_extract.py b/tests/test_extract.py
index 289b56fc..50523e67 100644
--- a/tests/test_extract.py
+++ b/tests/test_extract.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import tempfile
 from datetime import datetime
 
 import pytest
 
 import py7zr
-from py7zr import unpack_7zarchive
 from py7zr.exceptions import CrcError, UnsupportedCompressionMethodError
 from py7zr.helpers import UTC
 
@@ -306,8 +306,7 @@ def test_zerosize_mem():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.api
-def test_register_unpack_archive(tmp_path):
-    shutil.register_unpack_format("7zip", [".7z"], unpack_7zarchive)
+def test_register_unpack_archive(register_shutil_unpack_format, tmp_path):
     shutil.unpack_archive(str(testdata_path.joinpath("test_1.7z")), str(tmp_path))
     target = tmp_path.joinpath("setup.cfg")
     expected_mode = 33188
@@ -326,6 +325,12 @@ def test_register_unpack_archive(tmp_path):
     assert m.digest() == binascii.unhexlify("b0385e71d6a07eb692f5fb9798e9d33aaf87be7dfff936fd2473eab2a593d4fd")
 
 
+@pytest.mark.api
+def test_register_unpack_archive_error(register_shutil_unpack_format, tmp_path):
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".7z") as f, pytest.raises(shutil.ReadError):
+        shutil.unpack_archive(f.name, str(tmp_path))
+
+
 @pytest.mark.files
 def test_skip():
     archive = py7zr.SevenZipFile(testdata_path.joinpath("test_1.7z").open(mode="rb"))