diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 10c20faf852479..e3b87441f8088d 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -786,7 +786,11 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyThreadState *tstate, _PyInterpreterFrame *frame, int
 
     _PyInterpreterFrame  entry_frame;
 
-
+    if (_Py_EnterRecursiveCallTstate(tstate, "")) {
+        assert(frame->owner != FRAME_OWNED_BY_INTERPRETER);
+        _PyEval_FrameClearAndPop(tstate, frame);
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
 #if defined(Py_DEBUG) && !defined(Py_STACKREF_DEBUG)
     /* Set these to invalid but identifiable values for debugging. */
@@ -811,11 +815,6 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyThreadState *tstate, _PyInterpreterFrame *frame, int
     tstate->current_frame = frame;
 
     tstate->c_recursion_remaining -= (PY_EVAL_C_STACK_UNITS - 1);
-    if (_Py_EnterRecursiveCallTstate(tstate, "")) {
-        tstate->c_recursion_remaining--;
-        tstate->py_recursion_remaining--;
-        goto exit_unwind;
-    }
 
     /* support for generator.throw() */
     if (throwflag) {