diff --git a/Lib/decimal.py b/Lib/decimal.py
index 4137d06..6ca8bab 100644
--- a/Lib/decimal.py
+++ b/Lib/decimal.py
@@ -766,10 +766,17 @@
             if self._isnan():
                 raise TypeError('Cannot hash a NaN value.')
             return hash(str(self))
-        i = int(self)
-        if self == Decimal(i):
-            return hash(i)
-        assert self.__nonzero__()   # '-0' handled by integer case
+        if not self:
+            return 0
+        if self._isinteger():
+            op = _WorkRep(self.to_integral_value())
+            # to make computation feasible for Decimals with large
+            # exponent, we use the fact that hash(n) == hash(m) for
+            # any two nonzero integers n and m such that (i) n and m
+            # have the same sign, and (ii) n is congruent to m modulo
+            # 2**64-1.  So we can replace hash((-1)**s*c*10**e) with
+            # hash((-1)**s*c*pow(10, e, 2**64-1).
+            return hash((-1)**op.sign*op.int*pow(10, op.exp, 2**64-1))
         return hash(str(self.normalize()))
 
     def as_tuple(self):