diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index ce510aa..93f47e0 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -3980,7 +3980,7 @@
 {
     struct fblockinfo *f;
     if (c->u->u_nfblocks >= CO_MAXBLOCKS) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError,
                         "too many statically nested blocks");
         return 0;
     }