diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index 965d0880d7e..df5da5fb2cf 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -1657,8 +1657,9 @@ PySequence_Tuple(PyObject *v)
 	/* Guess result size and allocate space. */
 	n = _PyObject_LengthHint(v);
 	if (n < 0) {
-		if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError)  &&
-		    !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
+		if (PyErr_Occurred()
+		    && !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError)
+		    && !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
 			Py_DECREF(it);
 			return NULL;
 		}
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index 43e8a3f8ae9..59674bf0ee5 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -760,8 +760,9 @@ listextend(PyListObject *self, PyObject *b)
 	/* Guess a result list size. */
 	n = _PyObject_LengthHint(b);
 	if (n < 0) {
-		if (!PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError)  &&
-		    !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
+		if (PyErr_Occurred()
+		    && !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError)
+		    && !PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
 			Py_DECREF(it);
 			return NULL;
 		}