diff --git a/Objects/codeobject.c b/Objects/codeobject.c
index eee9bfe..adef625 100644
--- a/Objects/codeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/codeobject.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     };
     const unsigned char *s, *e;
 
-    if (PyUnicode_READY(o) == -1 || !PyUnicode_IS_ASCII(o))
+    if (!PyUnicode_IS_ASCII(o))
         return 0;
 
     s = PyUnicode_1BYTE_DATA(o);
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
     for (i = PyTuple_GET_SIZE(tuple); --i >= 0; ) {
         PyObject *v = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(tuple, i);
         if (PyUnicode_CheckExact(v)) {
+            if (PyUnicode_READY(v) == -1) {
+                PyErr_Clear();
+                continue;
+            }
             if (all_name_chars(v)) {
                 PyObject *w = v;
                 PyUnicode_InternInPlace(&v);
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index b2154bb..a06cab7 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 #define MCACHE_HASH_METHOD(type, name)                                  \
         MCACHE_HASH((type)->tp_version_tag,                     \
                     ((PyASCIIObject *)(name))->hash)
-#define MCACHE_CACHEABLE_NAME(name)                                     \
-        PyUnicode_CheckExact(name) &&                            \
-        PyUnicode_READY(name) != -1 &&                      \
+#define MCACHE_CACHEABLE_NAME(name)                             \
+        PyUnicode_CheckExact(name) &&                           \
+        PyUnicode_IS_READY(name) &&                             \
         PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(name) <= MCACHE_MAX_ATTR_SIZE
 
 struct method_cache_entry {
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index db1516d..c4d93fc 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -4185,10 +4185,13 @@
     void *data;
     int kind;
 
-    if (!PyUnicode_Check(unicode) || PyUnicode_READY(unicode) == -1) {
+    if (!PyUnicode_Check(unicode)) {
         PyErr_BadArgument();
         return (Py_UCS4)-1;
     }
+    if (PyUnicode_READY(unicode) == -1) {
+        return (Py_UCS4)-1;
+    }
     if (index < 0 || index >= PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(unicode)) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "string index out of range");
         return (Py_UCS4)-1;
@@ -11668,10 +11671,13 @@
     enum PyUnicode_Kind kind;
     Py_UCS4 ch;
 
-    if (!PyUnicode_Check(self) || PyUnicode_READY(self) == -1) {
+    if (!PyUnicode_Check(self)) {
         PyErr_BadArgument();
         return NULL;
     }
+    if (PyUnicode_READY(self) == -1) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     if (index < 0 || index >= PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(self)) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "string index out of range");
         return NULL;