diff --git a/Python/sysmodule.c b/Python/sysmodule.c
index 887591a681b25c..c77cc0bd810e0f 100644
--- a/Python/sysmodule.c
+++ b/Python/sysmodule.c
@@ -2864,11 +2864,9 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void)
 PySys_AddWarnOptionUnicode(PyObject *option)
 {
     PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET();
-    if (_PySys_AddWarnOptionWithError(tstate, option) < 0) {
+    if (tstate && _PySys_AddWarnOptionWithError(tstate, option) < 0) {
         /* No return value, therefore clear error state if possible */
-        if (tstate) {
-            _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
-        }
+       _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
     }
 }