diff --git a/Lib/test/test_class.py b/Lib/test/test_class.py
index 914ea73..e7b7752 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_class.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_class.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@
 
         callLst[:] = []
         as_long = long(mixIntAndLong)
-        self.assertEquals(type(as_long), int)
+        self.assertEquals(type(as_long), long)
         self.assertEquals(as_long, 64)
         self.assertCallStack([('__long__', (mixIntAndLong,))])
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_long.py b/Lib/test/test_long.py
index 412ec7c..9706a8e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_long.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_long.py
@@ -601,6 +601,22 @@
             slicemin, slicemax = X()[-2L**100:2L**100]
             self.assertEqual(X()[slicemin:slicemax], (slicemin, slicemax))
 
+    def test_issue9869(self):
+        # Issue 9869: Interpreter crash when initializing an instance
+        # of a long subclass from an object whose __long__ method returns
+        # a plain int.
+        class BadLong(object):
+            def __long__(self):
+                return 1000000
+
+        class MyLong(long):
+            pass
+
+        x = MyLong(BadLong())
+        self.assertIsInstance(x, long)
+        self.assertEqual(x, 1000000)
+
+
 # ----------------------------------- tests of auto int->long conversion
 
     def test_auto_overflow(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 90a1761..99d905d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #9869: Make long() and PyNumber_Long return something of type
+  long for a class whose __long__ method returns a plain int.  This
+  fixes an interpreter crash when initializing an instance of a long
+  subclass from an object whose __long__ method returns a plain int.
+
 - Issue #9797: pystate.c wrongly assumed that zero couldn't be a valid
   thread-local storage key.
 
diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 75de1aa..1e79ddf 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -1713,7 +1713,14 @@
     if (m && m->nb_long) { /* This should include subclasses of long */
         /* Classic classes always take this branch. */
         PyObject *res = m->nb_long(o);
-        if (res && (!PyInt_Check(res) && !PyLong_Check(res))) {
+        if (res == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+        if (PyInt_Check(res)) {
+            long value = PyInt_AS_LONG(res);
+            Py_DECREF(res);
+            return PyLong_FromLong(value);
+        }
+        else if (!PyLong_Check(res)) {
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                          "__long__ returned non-long (type %.200s)",
                          res->ob_type->tp_name);