diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 58b70f0..a29c31a 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@
             }
             return result;
 	}
+	else if (PyErr_Occurred())
+		return NULL;
 	return PyBytes_FromObject(v);
 }