1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c b/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c
index 6f3392fe6ea..63f2bb38768 100644
--- a/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_interpretersmodule.c
@@ -402,7 +402,11 @@ config_from_object(PyObject *configobj, PyInterpreterConfig *config)
         }
     }
     else if (PyUnicode_Check(configobj)) {
-        if (init_named_config(config, PyUnicode_AsUTF8(configobj)) < 0) {
+        const char *utf8name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(configobj);
+        if (utf8name == NULL) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        if (init_named_config(config, utf8name) < 0) {
             return -1;
         }
     }