diff --git a/Lib/test/re_tests.py b/Lib/test/re_tests.py
index 7c5dc890d91..d69b324c54b 100755
--- a/Lib/test/re_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/re_tests.py
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@
     (r'(?i)[m]+', 'MMM', SUCCEED, 'found', 'MMM'),
     # bug 130748: ^* should be an error (nothing to repeat)
     (r'^*', '', SYNTAX_ERROR),
+    # bug 133283: minimizing repeat bug
+    (r'"(?:\\"|[^"])*?"', r'"\""', SUCCEED, 'found', r'"\"'),
 ]
 
 try:
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_sre.py b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
index f133c988f00..e266d14d5ef 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_sre.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_sre.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def bump_num(matchobj):
 # implementation of repeated groups.
 test("sre.match('(x)*', 50000*'x').span()", (0, 50000), RuntimeError)
 test("sre.match(r'(x)*y', 50000*'x'+'y').span()", (0, 50001), RuntimeError)
-test("sre.match(r'(x)*?y', 50000*'x'+'y').span()", (0, 50001), RuntimeError)
+test("sre.match(r'(x)*?y', 50000*'x'+'y').span()", (0, 50001))
 
 from re_tests import *
 
diff --git a/Modules/_sre.c b/Modules/_sre.c
index 16629bc2eb9..910e51f4fcf 100644
--- a/Modules/_sre.c
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ SRE_MATCH(SRE_STATE* state, SRE_CODE* pattern, int level)
             /* see if the tail matches */
             state->repeat = rp->prev;
             /* FIXME: the following fix doesn't always work (#133283) */
-            if (0 && rp->pattern[2] == 65535) {
+            if (rp->pattern[2] == 65535) {
                 /* unbounded repeat */
                 for (;;) {
                     i = SRE_MATCH(state, pattern, level + 1);