diff --git a/Lib/test/list_tests.py b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
index ce9db9a..ed63fda 100644
--- a/Lib/test/list_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/list_tests.py
@@ -53,10 +53,11 @@
         self.assertEqual(str(a2), "[0, 1, 2, [...], 3]")
         self.assertEqual(repr(a2), "[0, 1, 2, [...], 3]")
 
-        l0 = []
+    def test_repr_deep(self):
+        a = self.type2test([])
         for i in range(sys.getrecursionlimit() + 100):
-            l0 = [l0]
-        self.assertRaises(RecursionError, repr, l0)
+            a = self.type2test([a])
+        self.assertRaises(RecursionError, repr, a)
 
     def test_print(self):
         d = self.type2test(range(200))
diff --git a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
index ff82f4e..53f29f6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # tests common to dict and UserDict
 import unittest
 import collections
+import sys
 
 
 class BasicTestMappingProtocol(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -619,6 +620,14 @@
         d = self._full_mapping({1: BadRepr()})
         self.assertRaises(Exc, repr, d)
 
+    def test_repr_deep(self):
+        d = self._empty_mapping()
+        for i in range(sys.getrecursionlimit() + 100):
+            d0 = d
+            d = self._empty_mapping()
+            d[1] = d0
+        self.assertRaises(RecursionError, repr, d)
+
     def test_eq(self):
         self.assertEqual(self._empty_mapping(), self._empty_mapping())
         self.assertEqual(self._full_mapping({1: 2}),
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dict.py b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
index 8013f37..4386eda 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dict.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dict.py
@@ -468,6 +468,12 @@
         d = {1: BadRepr()}
         self.assertRaises(Exc, repr, d)
 
+    def test_repr_deep(self):
+        d = {}
+        for i in range(sys.getrecursionlimit() + 100):
+            d = {1: d}
+        self.assertRaises(RecursionError, repr, d)
+
     def test_eq(self):
         self.assertEqual({}, {})
         self.assertEqual({1: 2}, {1: 2})