diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
index 26e8eab..1b66a89 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xml_etree.py
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@
     ... except ET.ParseError, v:
     ...   print v
     junk after document element: line 1, column 12
+    end document
     """
 
 def writefile():
diff --git a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
index 19862e2..2b0cf0c 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/etree/ElementTree.py
@@ -1210,6 +1210,7 @@
         self._close_file = close_source
         self._events = []
         self._index = 0
+        self._error = None
         self.root = self._root = None
         self._parser = parser
         # wire up the parser for event reporting
@@ -1255,24 +1256,31 @@
         while 1:
             try:
                 item = self._events[self._index]
-            except IndexError:
-                if self._parser is None:
-                    self.root = self._root
-                    if self._close_file:
-                        self._file.close()
-                    raise StopIteration
-                # load event buffer
-                del self._events[:]
-                self._index = 0
-                data = self._file.read(16384)
-                if data:
-                    self._parser.feed(data)
-                else:
-                    self._root = self._parser.close()
-                    self._parser = None
-            else:
-                self._index = self._index + 1
+                self._index += 1
                 return item
+            except IndexError:
+                pass
+            if self._error:
+                e = self._error
+                self._error = None
+                raise e
+            if self._parser is None:
+                self.root = self._root
+                if self._close_file:
+                    self._file.close()
+                raise StopIteration
+            # load event buffer
+            del self._events[:]
+            self._index = 0
+            data = self._file.read(16384)
+            if data:
+                try:
+                    self._parser.feed(data)
+                except SyntaxError as exc:
+                    self._error = exc
+            else:
+                self._root = self._parser.close()
+                self._parser = None
 
     def __iter__(self):
         return self
diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
index c368e14..379aa01 100644
--- a/Modules/_elementtree.c
+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c
@@ -2970,6 +2970,7 @@
         "  self._file = file\n"
         "  self._events = []\n"
         "  self._index = 0\n"
+        "  self._error = None\n"
         "  self.root = self._root = None\n"
         "  b = cElementTree.TreeBuilder()\n"
         "  self._parser = cElementTree.XMLParser(b)\n"
@@ -2978,24 +2979,31 @@
         "  while 1:\n"
         "    try:\n"
         "      item = self._events[self._index]\n"
-        "    except IndexError:\n"
-        "      if self._parser is None:\n"
-        "        self.root = self._root\n"
-        "        if self._close_file:\n"
-        "          self._file.close()\n"
-        "        raise StopIteration\n"
-        "      # load event buffer\n"
-        "      del self._events[:]\n"
-        "      self._index = 0\n"
-        "      data = self._file.read(16384)\n"
-        "      if data:\n"
-        "        self._parser.feed(data)\n"
-        "      else:\n"
-        "        self._root = self._parser.close()\n"
-        "        self._parser = None\n"
-        "    else:\n"
-        "      self._index = self._index + 1\n"
+        "      self._index += 1\n"
         "      return item\n"
+        "    except IndexError:\n"
+        "      pass\n"
+        "    if self._error:\n"
+        "      e = self._error\n"
+        "      self._error = None\n"
+        "      raise e\n"
+        "    if self._parser is None:\n"
+        "      self.root = self._root\n"
+        "      if self._close_file:\n"
+        "        self._file.close()\n"
+        "      raise StopIteration\n"
+        "    # load event buffer\n"
+        "    del self._events[:]\n"
+        "    self._index = 0\n"
+        "    data = self._file.read(16384)\n"
+        "    if data:\n"
+        "      try:\n"
+        "        self._parser.feed(data)\n"
+        "      except SyntaxError as exc:\n"
+        "        self._error = exc\n"
+        "    else:\n"
+        "      self._root = self._parser.close()\n"
+        "      self._parser = None\n"
         " def __iter__(self):\n"
         "  return self\n"
         "cElementTree.iterparse = iterparse\n"