diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 0add7ecc093..b2c90cc3b48 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -2140,7 +2140,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
             else {
                 PyObject *build_class_str = _PyUnicode_FromId(&PyId___build_class__);
                 if (build_class_str == NULL)
-                    break;
+                    goto error;
                 bc = PyObject_GetItem(f->f_builtins, build_class_str);
                 if (bc == NULL) {
                     if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_KeyError))
@@ -2652,7 +2652,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyFrameObject *f, int throwflag)
                 /* do the same if locals() is not a dict */
                 PyObject *ann_str = _PyUnicode_FromId(&PyId___annotations__);
                 if (ann_str == NULL) {
-                    break;
+                    goto error;
                 }
                 ann_dict = PyObject_GetItem(f->f_locals, ann_str);
                 if (ann_dict == NULL) {