diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index 5ff1e4c..47d7c4b 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -900,8 +900,12 @@
     if (obj) {
         if (PyFile_WriteString("Exception ignored in: ", f) < 0)
             goto done;
-        if (PyFile_WriteObject(obj, f, 0) < 0)
-            goto done;
+        if (PyFile_WriteObject(obj, f, 0) < 0) {
+            PyErr_Clear();
+            if (PyFile_WriteString("<object repr() failed>", f) < 0) {
+                goto done;
+            }
+        }
         if (PyFile_WriteString("\n", f) < 0)
             goto done;
     }
@@ -946,8 +950,12 @@
     if (v && v != Py_None) {
         if (PyFile_WriteString(": ", f) < 0)
             goto done;
-        if (PyFile_WriteObject(v, f, Py_PRINT_RAW) < 0)
-            goto done;
+        if (PyFile_WriteObject(v, f, Py_PRINT_RAW) < 0) {
+            PyErr_Clear();
+            if (PyFile_WriteString("<exception str() failed>", f) < 0) {
+                goto done;
+            }
+        }
     }
     if (PyFile_WriteString("\n", f) < 0)
         goto done;
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index ebedd12..c03b073 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -766,8 +766,11 @@
         /* only print colon if the str() of the
            object is not the empty string
         */
-        if (s == NULL)
+        if (s == NULL) {
+            PyErr_Clear();
             err = -1;
+            PyFile_WriteString(": <exception str() failed>", f);
+        }
         else if (!PyUnicode_Check(s) ||
             PyUnicode_GetLength(s) != 0)
             err = PyFile_WriteString(": ", f);
@@ -776,6 +779,9 @@
         Py_XDECREF(s);
     }
     /* try to write a newline in any case */
+    if (err < 0) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+    }
     err += PyFile_WriteString("\n", f);
     Py_XDECREF(tb);
     Py_DECREF(value);