diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index ba66c81..ab6c153 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -757,6 +757,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, "%c".__mod__, (0x110000,))
         self.assertEqual('%c' % '\U00021483', '\U00021483')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, "%c".__mod__, "aa")
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, "%.1\u1032f".__mod__, (1.0/3))
 
         # formatting jobs delegated from the string implementation:
         self.assertEqual('...%(foo)s...' % {'foo':"abc"}, '...abc...')
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 6270e9b..43c827f 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -9242,7 +9242,7 @@
                 else if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
                     prec = c - '0';
                     while (--fmtcnt >= 0) {
-                        c = Py_CHARMASK(*fmt++);
+                        c = *fmt++;
                         if (c < '0' || c > '9')
                             break;
                         if ((prec*10) / 10 != prec) {