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diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index d714a77..370ac41 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ PyObject *
PyString_FromStringAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t size)
{
register PyStringObject *op;
- assert(size >= 0);
+ if (size < 0) {
+ PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError,
+ "Negative size passed to PyString_FromStringAndSize");
+ return NULL;
+ }
if (size == 0 && (op = nullstring) != NULL) {
#ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
null_strings++;