diff -r 55c951167cd9 Lib/test/test_dict.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_dict.py	Mon Apr 23 23:56:36 2012 +0800
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dict.py	Mon Apr 23 18:17:22 2012 +0100
@@ -879,6 +879,16 @@
         values = list(it) + [drop]
         self.assertEqual(sorted(values), sorted(list(data.values())))
 
+    def test_instance_dict_getattr_str_subclass(self):
+        class Foo:
+            def __init__(self, msg):
+                self.msg = msg
+        f = Foo('123')
+        class _str(str):
+            pass
+        self.assertEqual(f.msg, getattr(f, _str('msg')))
+        self.assertEqual(f.msg, f.__dict__[_str('msg')])
+
 from test import mapping_tests
 
 class GeneralMappingTests(mapping_tests.BasicTestMappingProtocol):
diff -r 55c951167cd9 Objects/dictobject.c
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c	Mon Apr 23 23:56:36 2012 +0800
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c	Mon Apr 23 18:17:22 2012 +0100
@@ -641,7 +641,11 @@
     register PyDictKeyEntry *ep;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_CheckExact(key)) {
-        return lookdict(mp, key, hash, value_addr);
+        ep = lookdict(mp, key, hash, value_addr);
+        /* lookdict expects a combined-table, so fix value_addr */
+        i = ep - ep0;
+        *value_addr = &mp->ma_values[i];
+        return ep;
     }
     i = (size_t)hash & mask;
     ep = &ep0[i];