diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 47b1d6c..2728f1f 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1206,10 +1206,7 @@
     v = PyString_FromStringAndSize(PyBytes_AsString(b),
                                    PyBytes_Size(b));
     Py_DECREF(b);
-    if (!errors) {
-        Py_XINCREF(v);
-        ((PyUnicodeObject *)unicode)->defenc = v;
-    }
+    ((PyUnicodeObject *)unicode)->defenc = v;
     return v;
 }