diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ca64883..225531b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@
   guaranteed to exist in all Python implementations and the names of hash
   algorithms available in the current process.
 
+C-API
+-----
+
+- Issue #9834: Don't segfault in PySequence_GetSlice, PySequence_SetSlice, or
+  PySequence_DelSlice when the object doesn't have any mapping operations
+  defined.
+
 Tools/Demos
 -----------
 
diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 612271d..4eb33d3 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -1612,7 +1612,7 @@
     if (!s) return null_error();
 
     mp = s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping;
-    if (mp->mp_subscript) {
+    if (mp && mp->mp_subscript) {
         PyObject *res;
         PyObject *slice = _PySlice_FromIndices(i1, i2);
         if (!slice)
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@
     }
 
     mp = s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping;
-    if (mp->mp_ass_subscript) {
+    if (mp && mp->mp_ass_subscript) {
         int res;
         PyObject *slice = _PySlice_FromIndices(i1, i2);
         if (!slice)
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@
     }
 
     mp = s->ob_type->tp_as_mapping;
-    if (mp->mp_ass_subscript) {
+    if (mp && mp->mp_ass_subscript) {
         int res;
         PyObject *slice = _PySlice_FromIndices(i1, i2);
         if (!slice)