DOMException.__init__():  Remember to pass self to Exception.__init__().
diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py b/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py
index b1211f4..ca44b2d 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/__init__.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         if self.__class__ is DOMException:
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "DOMException should not be instaniated directly")
-        apply(Exception.__init__, args, kw)
+        apply(Exception.__init__, (self,) + args, kw)
 
 
 class IndexSizeErr(DOMException):