diff --git a/Lib/unittest/mock.py b/Lib/unittest/mock.py
index 57bf957a98e..073869a1f12 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/mock.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/mock.py
@@ -904,6 +904,8 @@ class CallableMixin(Base):
                 result = next(effect)
                 if _is_exception(result):
                     raise result
+                if result is DEFAULT:
+                    result = self.return_value
                 return result
 
             ret_val = effect(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py b/Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py
index 2c6f1289758..3d0776c16fb 100644
--- a/Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py
+++ b/Lib/unittest/test/testmock/testmock.py
@@ -906,6 +906,10 @@ class MockTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(StopIteration, mock)
         self.assertIs(mock.side_effect, this_iter)
 
+    def test_side_effect_iterator_default(self):
+        mock = Mock(return_value=2)
+        mock.side_effect = iter([1, DEFAULT])
+        self.assertEqual([mock(), mock()], [1, 2])
 
     def test_assert_has_calls_any_order(self):
         mock = Mock()