diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index d5b5235a4d6..789bf27bc4d 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -9173,6 +9173,10 @@ _pystatvfs_fromstructstatvfs(struct statvfs st) {
     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(v, 8, PyLong_FromLong((long) st.f_flag));
     PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(v, 9, PyLong_FromLong((long) st.f_namemax));
 #endif
+    if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        Py_DECREF(v);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
     return v;
 }