merge 3.4 (#23515)
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index e7c4c82..8f88d18 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -1832,7 +1832,8 @@
     assert(ms);
     while (ms->n > 1) {
         Py_ssize_t n = ms->n - 2;
-        if (n > 0 && p[n-1].len <= p[n].len + p[n+1].len) {
+        if ((n > 0 && p[n-1].len <= p[n].len + p[n+1].len) ||
+            (n > 1 && p[n-2].len <= p[n-1].len + p[n].len)) {
             if (p[n-1].len < p[n+1].len)
                 --n;
             if (merge_at(ms, n) < 0)