diff -r 770ffc91a82e Lib/test/test_ssl.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py	Thu Aug 16 07:22:15 2012 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py	Tue Aug 28 01:39:15 2012 +0300
@@ -103,12 +103,8 @@
             sys.stdout.write("\n RAND_status is %d (%s)\n"
                              % (v, (v and "sufficient randomness") or
                                 "insufficient randomness"))
-        try:
-            ssl.RAND_egd(1)
-        except TypeError:
-            pass
-        else:
-            print("didn't raise TypeError")
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, ssl.RAND_egd, 1)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, ssl.RAND_egd, 'foo', 1)
         ssl.RAND_add("this is a random string", 75.0)
 
     def test_parse_cert(self):
diff -r 770ffc91a82e Modules/_ssl.c
--- a/Modules/_ssl.c	Thu Aug 16 07:22:15 2012 +0300
+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c	Tue Aug 28 01:39:15 2012 +0300
@@ -1917,7 +1917,7 @@
     PyObject *path;
     int bytes;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&|i:RAND_egd",
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&:RAND_egd",
                           PyUnicode_FSConverter, &path))
         return NULL;