diff --git a/Objects/namespaceobject.c b/Objects/namespaceobject.c
index 7e9107a..8c51b07 100644
--- a/Objects/namespaceobject.c
+++ b/Objects/namespaceobject.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     if (args != NULL) {
         Py_ssize_t argcount = PyObject_Size(args);
         if (argcount < 0)
-            return argcount;
+            return -1;
         else if (argcount > 0) {
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "no positional arguments expected");
             return -1;