diff -Naur a/Python-2.7.10/Python/compile.c b/Python-2.7.10/Python/compile.c
--- a/Python-2.7.10/Python/compile.c	2015-05-23 21:39:24.000000000 +0530
+++ b/Python-2.7.10/Python/compile.c	2015-07-27 16:07:51.494142099 +0530
@@ -1979,9 +1979,12 @@
             identifier tmp = alias->name;
             const char *base = PyString_AS_STRING(alias->name);
             char *dot = strchr(base, '.');
-            if (dot)
+            if (dot) {
                 tmp = PyString_FromStringAndSize(base,
                                                  dot - base);
+                if (tmp == NULL)
+                    return 0;
+            }
             r = compiler_nameop(c, tmp, Store);
             if (dot) {
                 Py_DECREF(tmp);