diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index cb457b2..28523fa 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
 -----------------
 
 - Issue #8627: Remove bogus "Overriding __cmp__ blocks inheritance of
-  __hash__ in 3.x" warning.
+  __hash__ in 3.x" warning.  Also fix "XXX undetected error" that
+  arises from the "Overriding __eq__ blocks inheritance ..." warning
+  when turned into an exception: in this case the exception simply
+  gets ignored.
 
 - Issue #3798: Write sys.exit() message to sys.stderr to use stderr encoding
   and error handler, instead of writing to the C stderr file in utf-8
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index af2dc0b..f496804 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3853,10 +3853,16 @@
                                 (base->tp_hash != PyObject_HashNotImplemented) &&
                                 !OVERRIDES_HASH(type)) {
                     if (OVERRIDES_EQ(type)) {
-                        PyErr_WarnPy3k("Overriding "
-                          "__eq__ blocks inheritance "
-                          "of __hash__ in 3.x",
-                          1);
+                        if (PyErr_WarnPy3k("Overriding "
+                                           "__eq__ blocks inheritance "
+                                           "of __hash__ in 3.x",
+                                           1) < 0)
+                            /* XXX This isn't right.  If the warning is turned
+                               into an exception, we should be communicating
+                               the error back to the caller, but figuring out
+                               how to clean-up in that case is tricky.  See
+                               issue 8627 for more. */
+                            PyErr_Clear();
                     }
                 }
             }