diff -r cacf3b1e20da Modules/_tkinter.c
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c	Sun Jun 17 17:24:10 2012 +1000
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c	Sun Jun 17 12:48:35 2012 +0300
@@ -996,8 +996,8 @@
                              ch);
                 ckfree(FREECAST outbuf);
                 return NULL;
+            }
 #endif
-            }
             outbuf[i] = ch;
         }
         result = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(outbuf, size);