diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 2c524ab7e04220..4276a58e2cbabf 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -3094,12 +3094,7 @@ _PyEval_EvalFrameDefault(PyThreadState *tstate, InterpreterFrame *frame, int thr
                 SETLOCAL(oparg, NULL);
                 DISPATCH();
             }
-            format_exc_check_arg(
-                tstate, PyExc_UnboundLocalError,
-                UNBOUNDLOCAL_ERROR_MSG,
-                PyTuple_GetItem(frame->f_code->co_localsplusnames, oparg)
-                );
-            goto error;
+            goto unbound_local_error;
         }
 
         TARGET(MAKE_CELL) {