2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index d95121e..dae40a9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #18549: Eliminate dead code in socket_ntohl()
+
 - Issue #18530: Remove additional stat call from posixpath.ismount.
   Patch by Alex Gaynor.
 
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 0fd14ab..1e2e84f 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -4663,8 +4663,6 @@ socket_ntohl(PyObject *self, PyObject *arg)
         return PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
                             "expected int/long, %s found",
                             Py_TYPE(arg)->tp_name);
-    if (x == (unsigned long) -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
-        return NULL;
     return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(ntohl(x));
 }