diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unpack.py b/Lib/test/test_unpack.py
index 3f72648..76a4822 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unpack.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unpack.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     >>> a, b, c = 7
     Traceback (most recent call last):
       ...
-    TypeError: unpack non-sequence
+    TypeError: 'int' object is not iterable
 
 Unpacking tuple of wrong size
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c69b3ea..a9d05e0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@
 Core and builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Patch #1682205: a TypeError while unpacking an iterable is no longer
+  masked by a generic one with the message "unpack non-sequence".
+
 - Remove unused file Python/fmod.c.
 
 - Patch #1675423: PyComplex_AsCComplex() now tries to convert an object
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 63efd4e..b35942d 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -1774,12 +1774,10 @@
 					PUSH(w);
 				}
 			} else if (unpack_iterable(v, oparg,
-						 stack_pointer + oparg))
+						 stack_pointer + oparg)) {
 				stack_pointer += oparg;
-			else {
-				if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError))
-					PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-						"unpack non-sequence");
+			} else {
+				/* unpack_iterable() raised an exception */
 				why = WHY_EXCEPTION;
 			}
 			Py_DECREF(v);