diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 762def2..f911bd4 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -738,6 +738,10 @@
 Tests
 -----
 
+- Issue #7924: Fix an intermittent 'XXX undetected error' failure in
+  test_capi (only seen so far on platforms where the curses module
+  wasn't built), due to an uncleared exception.
+
 - issue #7728: test_timeout was changed to use test_support.bind_port
   instead of a hard coded port.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index f9f6fca..5631d5a 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -1763,6 +1763,8 @@
 			Py_DECREF(object);
 			Py_DECREF(module);
 		}
+		else
+			PyErr_Clear();
 	}
 
   exit: