diff --git a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
index a62e1244c2d..fdb0ea28f51 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_builtin.py
@@ -924,6 +924,24 @@ class BuiltinTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(list(range(1, 10, 3)), [1, 4, 7])
         #self.assertEqual(list(range(5, -5, -3)), [5, 2, -1, -4])
 
+        #issue 6334: the internal stored range length was being
+        #computed incorrectly in some cases involving large arguments.
+        x = range(10**20, 10**20+10, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(x), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(len(list(x)), 4)
+
+        x = range(10**20+10, 10**20, 3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(x), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(list(x)), 0)
+
+        x = range(10**20, 10**20+10, -3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(x), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(list(x)), 0)
+
+        x = range(10**20+10, 10**20, -3)
+        self.assertEqual(len(x), 4)
+        self.assertEqual(len(list(x)), 4)
+
         """ XXX(nnorwitz):
         # Now test range() with longs
         self.assertEqual(list(range(-2**100)), [])
diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index f8174caa426..11fd32e35c7 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -581,7 +581,6 @@ range_iter(PyObject *seq)
 {
     rangeobject *r = (rangeobject *)seq;
     longrangeiterobject *it;
-    PyObject *tmp, *len;
     long lstart, lstop, lstep;
 
     assert(PyRange_Check(seq));
@@ -612,15 +611,9 @@ range_iter(PyObject *seq)
 
     it->len = it->index = NULL;
 
-    /* Calculate length: (r->stop - r->start) / r->step */
-    tmp = PyNumber_Subtract(r->stop, r->start);
-    if (!tmp)
+    it->len = range_length_obj(r);
+    if (!it->len)
         goto create_failure;
-    len = PyNumber_FloorDivide(tmp, r->step);
-    Py_DECREF(tmp);
-    if (!len)
-        goto create_failure;
-    it->len = len;
     it->index = PyLong_FromLong(0);
     if (!it->index)
         goto create_failure;