diff --git a/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall.c b/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall.c
index b30c5e8704c..03aaacb328e 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall.c
@@ -348,6 +348,9 @@ static PyObject *
 MethodDescriptor2_new(PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject *kw)
 {
     MethodDescriptor2Object *op = PyObject_New(MethodDescriptor2Object, type);
+    if (op == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
     op->base.vectorcall = NULL;
     op->vectorcall = MethodDescriptor_vectorcall;
     return (PyObject *)op;