1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Python/dynload_aix.c b/Python/dynload_aix.c
index 684f10a8b91..97f7698ef4b 100644
--- a/Python/dynload_aix.c
+++ b/Python/dynload_aix.c
@@ -144,10 +144,16 @@ aix_loaderror(const char *pathname)
         ERRBUF_APPEND(message[i]);
         ERRBUF_APPEND("\n");
     }
-    errbuf[strlen(errbuf)-1] = '\0';            /* trim off last newline */
-    pathname_ob = PyUnicode_FromString(pathname);
-    errbuf_ob = PyUnicode_FromString(errbuf);
-    PyErr_SetImportError(errbuf_ob, NULL, pathname);
+    /* Subtract 1 from the length to trim off trailing newline */
+    errbuf_ob = PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(errbuf, strlen(errbuf)-1, "surrogateescape");
+    if (errbuf_ob == NULL)
+        return;
+    pathname_ob = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(pathname);
+    if (pathname_ob == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(errbuf_ob);
+        return;
+    }
+    PyErr_SetImportError(errbuf_ob, NULL, pathname_ob);
     Py_DECREF(pathname_ob);
     Py_DECREF(errbuf_ob);
     return;