diff --git a/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/long.c b/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/long.c
index d896435c99a169..34bc7331da9247 100644
--- a/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/long.c
+++ b/Modules/_testlimitedcapi/long.c
@@ -625,8 +625,7 @@ pylong_aslongandoverflow(PyObject *module, PyObject *arg)
     int overflow = UNINITIALIZED_INT;
     long value = PyLong_AsLongAndOverflow(arg, &overflow);
     if (value == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
-        // overflow can be 0 if a separate exception occurred
-        assert(overflow == -1 || overflow == 0);
+        assert(overflow == 0);
         return NULL;
     }
     return Py_BuildValue("li", value, overflow);
@@ -672,8 +671,7 @@ pylong_aslonglongandoverflow(PyObject *module, PyObject *arg)
     int overflow = UNINITIALIZED_INT;
     long long value = PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow(arg, &overflow);
     if (value == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
-        // overflow can be 0 if a separate exception occurred
-        assert(overflow == -1 || overflow == 0);
+        assert(overflow == 0);
         return NULL;
     }
     return Py_BuildValue("Li", value, overflow);