1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index 6dc9f13..a5b9feb 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -3039,6 +3039,13 @@ bytes_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         return new;
     }
 
+    /* If it's not unicode, there can't be encoding or errors */
+    if (encoding != NULL || errors != NULL) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+            "encoding or errors without a string argument");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     /* We'd like to call PyObject_Bytes here, but we need to check for an
        integer argument before deferring to PyBytes_FromObject, something
        PyObject_Bytes doesn't do. */
@@ -3078,13 +3085,6 @@ bytes_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         return new;
     }
 
-    /* If it's not unicode, there can't be encoding or errors */
-    if (encoding != NULL || errors != NULL) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
-            "encoding or errors without a string argument");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     return PyBytes_FromObject(x);
 }