diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 00f2018..0640da8 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -5686,7 +5686,7 @@
     Py_UNICODE *e;
     Py_UNICODE *p;
     Py_UNICODE *q;
-    Py_ssize_t i, j;
+    Py_ssize_t i, j, old_j;
     PyUnicodeObject *u;
     int tabsize = 8;
 
@@ -5694,12 +5694,18 @@
 	return NULL;
 
     /* First pass: determine size of output string */
-    i = j = 0;
+    i = j = old_j = 0;
     e = self->str + self->length;
     for (p = self->str; p < e; p++)
         if (*p == '\t') {
-	    if (tabsize > 0)
+	    if (tabsize > 0) {
 		j += tabsize - (j % tabsize);
+		if (old_j > j) {
+		    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "new string is too long");
+		    return NULL;
+		}
+		old_j = j;
+	    }
 	}
         else {
             j++;
@@ -5709,6 +5715,11 @@
             }
         }
 
+    if ((i + j) < 0) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "new string is too long");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     /* Second pass: create output string and fill it */
     u = _PyUnicode_New(i + j);
     if (!u)