1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 4491167..b0c410c 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -14324,11 +14324,12 @@ formatchar(PyObject *v)
             if (iobj == NULL) {
                 goto onError;
             }
-            v = iobj;
+            x = PyLong_AsLong(iobj);
             Py_DECREF(iobj);
         }
-        /* Integer input truncated to a character */
-        x = PyLong_AsLong(v);
+        else {
+            x = PyLong_AsLong(v);
+        }
         if (x == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
             goto onError;