diff --git a/Lib/UserDict.py b/Lib/UserDict.py
index 6b5c9dade6a..35f86fc4dc1 100644
--- a/Lib/UserDict.py
+++ b/Lib/UserDict.py
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ def get(self, key, default=None):
     def __repr__(self):
         return repr(dict(self.iteritems()))
     def __cmp__(self, other):
+        if other is None:
+            return 1
         if isinstance(other, DictMixin):
             other = dict(other.iteritems())
         return cmp(dict(self.iteritems()), other)