diff --git a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
index 0d95d2b6f76eceb..2a22895f40ee14d 100644
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
@@ -2731,10 +2731,11 @@ PyCData_reduce(PyObject *myself, PyObject *args)
                         "ctypes objects containing pointers cannot be pickled");
         return NULL;
     }
-    return Py_BuildValue("O(O(NN))",
-                         _unpickle,
-                         Py_TYPE(myself),
-                         PyObject_GetAttrString(myself, "__dict__"),
+    PyObject *dict = PyObject_GetAttrString(myself, "__dict__");
+    if (dict == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return Py_BuildValue("O(O(NN))", _unpickle, Py_TYPE(myself), dict,
                          PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(self->b_ptr, self->b_size));
 }