diff --git a/Lib/pickle.py b/Lib/pickle.py
index ab63cb21103..3d4c1a7c984 100644
--- a/Lib/pickle.py
+++ b/Lib/pickle.py
@@ -1093,11 +1093,16 @@ class _Pickler:
                     (obj, module_name, name))
 
         if self.proto >= 2:
-            code = _extension_registry.get((module_name, name))
-            if code:
-                assert code > 0
+            code = _extension_registry.get((module_name, name), _NoValue)
+            if code is not _NoValue:
                 if code <= 0xff:
-                    write(EXT1 + pack("<B", code))
+                    data = pack("<B", code)
+                    if data == b'\0':
+                        # Should never happen in normal circumstances,
+                        # since the type and the value of the code are
+                        # checked in copyreg.add_extension().
+                        raise RuntimeError("extension code 0 is out of range")
+                    write(EXT1 + data)
                 elif code <= 0xffff:
                     write(EXT2 + pack("<H", code))
                 else:
@@ -1591,9 +1596,8 @@ class _Unpickler:
     dispatch[EXT4[0]] = load_ext4
 
     def get_extension(self, code):
-        nil = []
-        obj = _extension_cache.get(code, nil)
-        if obj is not nil:
+        obj = _extension_cache.get(code, _NoValue)
+        if obj is not _NoValue:
             self.append(obj)
             return
         key = _inverted_registry.get(code)
diff --git a/Lib/test/pickletester.py b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
index a2b49e6c92a..8b574e0dbb7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/pickletester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/pickletester.py
@@ -1297,6 +1297,35 @@ class AbstractUnpickleTests:
         self.assertEqual(loads(b'cmath\nlog\n.'), ('math', 'log'))
         self.assertEqual(loads(b'\x8c\x04math\x8c\x03log\x93.'), ('math', 'log'))
 
+    def test_bad_ext_code(self):
+        # unregistered extension code
+        self.check_unpickling_error(ValueError, b'\x82\x01.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(ValueError, b'\x82\xff.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(ValueError, b'\x83\x01\x00.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(ValueError, b'\x83\xff\xff.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(ValueError, b'\x84\x01\x00\x00\x00.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(ValueError, b'\x84\xff\xff\xff\x7f.')
+        # EXT specifies code <= 0
+        self.check_unpickling_error(pickle.UnpicklingError, b'\x82\x00.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(pickle.UnpicklingError, b'\x83\x00\x00.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(pickle.UnpicklingError, b'\x84\x00\x00\x00\x00.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(pickle.UnpicklingError, b'\x84\x00\x00\x00\x80.')
+        self.check_unpickling_error(pickle.UnpicklingError, b'\x84\xff\xff\xff\xff.')
+
+    @support.cpython_only
+    def test_bad_ext_inverted_registry(self):
+        code = 1
+        def check(key, exc):
+            with support.swap_item(copyreg._inverted_registry, code, key):
+                with self.assertRaises(exc):
+                    self.loads(b'\x82\x01.')
+        check(None, ValueError)
+        check((), ValueError)
+        check((__name__,), (TypeError, ValueError))
+        check((__name__, "MyList", "x"), (TypeError, ValueError))
+        check((__name__, None), (TypeError, ValueError))
+        check((None, "MyList"), (TypeError, ValueError))
+
     def test_bad_reduce(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.loads(b'cbuiltins\nint\n)R.'), 0)
         self.check_unpickling_error(TypeError, b'N)R.')
@@ -2031,6 +2060,28 @@ class AbstractPicklingErrorTests:
             check({Clearer(): 1, Clearer(): 2})
             check({1: Clearer(), 2: Clearer()})
 
+    @support.cpython_only
+    def test_bad_ext_code(self):
+        # This should never happen in normal circumstances, because the type
+        # and the value of the extesion code is checked in copyreg.add_extension().
+        key = (__name__, 'MyList')
+        def check(code, exc):
+            assert key not in copyreg._extension_registry
+            assert code not in copyreg._inverted_registry
+            with (support.swap_item(copyreg._extension_registry, key, code),
+                  support.swap_item(copyreg._inverted_registry, code, key)):
+                for proto in protocols[2:]:
+                    with self.assertRaises(exc):
+                        self.dumps(MyList, proto)
+
+        check(object(), TypeError)
+        check(None, TypeError)
+        check(-1, (RuntimeError, struct.error))
+        check(0, RuntimeError)
+        check(2**31, (RuntimeError, OverflowError, struct.error))
+        check(2**1000, (OverflowError, struct.error))
+        check(-2**1000, (OverflowError, struct.error))
+
 
 class AbstractPickleTests:
     # Subclass must define self.dumps, self.loads.
diff --git a/Modules/_pickle.c b/Modules/_pickle.c
index 9f92d0e99a1..add07d558ab 100644
--- a/Modules/_pickle.c
+++ b/Modules/_pickle.c
@@ -3663,34 +3663,24 @@ save_global(PickleState *st, PicklerObject *self, PyObject *obj,
         if (extension_key == NULL) {
             goto error;
         }
-        code_obj = PyDict_GetItemWithError(st->extension_registry,
-                                           extension_key);
+        if (PyDict_GetItemRef(st->extension_registry, extension_key, &code_obj) < 0) {
+            Py_DECREF(extension_key);
+            goto error;
+        }
         Py_DECREF(extension_key);
-        /* The object is not registered in the extension registry.
-           This is the most likely code path. */
         if (code_obj == NULL) {
-            if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
-                goto error;
-            }
+            /* The object is not registered in the extension registry.
+               This is the most likely code path. */
             goto gen_global;
         }
 
-        /* XXX: pickle.py doesn't check neither the type, nor the range
-           of the value returned by the extension_registry. It should for
-           consistency. */
-
-        /* Verify code_obj has the right type and value. */
-        if (!PyLong_Check(code_obj)) {
-            PyErr_Format(st->PicklingError,
-                         "Can't pickle %R: extension code %R isn't an integer",
-                         obj, code_obj);
-            goto error;
-        }
-        code = PyLong_AS_LONG(code_obj);
+        code = PyLong_AsLong(code_obj);
+        Py_DECREF(code_obj);
         if (code <= 0 || code > 0x7fffffffL) {
+            /* Should never happen in normal circumstances, since the type and
+               the value of the code are checked in copyreg.add_extension(). */
             if (!PyErr_Occurred())
-                PyErr_Format(st->PicklingError, "Can't pickle %R: extension "
-                             "code %ld is out of range", obj, code);
+                PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "extension code %ld is out of range", code);
             goto error;
         }