diff --git a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
index e0b8c298168..50d6182ab60 100644
--- a/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
+++ b/Lib/idlelib/PyShell.py
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ class PyShellEditorWindow(EditorWindow):
     def ranges_to_linenumbers(self, ranges):
         lines = []
         for index in range(0, len(ranges), 2):
-            lineno = int(float(ranges[index]))
-            end = int(float(ranges[index+1]))
+            lineno = int(float(ranges[index].string))
+            end = int(float(ranges[index+1].string))
             while lineno < end:
                 lines.append(lineno)
                 lineno += 1
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 234b4c23eeb..6518d76c695 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -343,6 +343,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #9803: Don't close IDLE on saving if breakpoint is open.
+  Patch by Roger Serwy.
+
 - Issue #12288: Consider '0' and '0.0' as valid initialvalue
   for tkinter SimpleDialog.