diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-03-21-22-19-38.bpo-36398.B_jXGe.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-03-21-22-19-38.bpo-36398.B_jXGe.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2b00283096f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-03-21-22-19-38.bpo-36398.B_jXGe.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a possible crash in ``structseq_repr()``.
diff --git a/Objects/structseq.c b/Objects/structseq.c
index 5278313ffdc..cf36fa7f97c 100644
--- a/Objects/structseq.c
+++ b/Objects/structseq.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ structseq_repr(PyStructSequence *obj)
                                                strlen(typ->tp_name),
                                                NULL);
     if (type_name == NULL) {
-        goto error;
+        return NULL;
     }
 
     _PyUnicodeWriter_Init(&writer);