diff -r 6e1dd1ce95b8 Lib/test/test_dictviews.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_dictviews.py	Tue Jul 30 01:37:36 2013 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dictviews.py	Tue Jul 30 19:13:00 2013 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import unittest
+import sys
 from test import test_support
 
 class DictSetTest(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -147,6 +148,18 @@
     def test_recursive_repr(self):
         d = {}
         d[42] = d.viewvalues()
+        r = repr(d)
+        self.assertIsInstance(r, str)
+        self.assertEqual(r, '{42: dict_values([...])}')
+        d[42] = d.viewitems()
+        r = repr(d)
+        self.assertIsInstance(r, str)
+        self.assertEqual(r, '{42: dict_items([(42, ...)])}')
+
+    def test_deeply_nested_repr(self):
+        d = {}
+        for i in range(sys.getrecursionlimit() + 100):
+            d = {42: d.values()}
         self.assertRaises(RuntimeError, repr, d)
 
 
diff -r 6e1dd1ce95b8 Objects/dictobject.c
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c	Tue Jul 30 01:37:36 2013 -0400
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c	Tue Jul 30 19:13:00 2013 +0100
@@ -2912,21 +2912,28 @@
 {
     PyObject *seq;
     PyObject *seq_str;
-    PyObject *result;
+    PyObject *result = NULL;
+    Py_ssize_t rc;
+
+    rc = Py_ReprEnter((PyObject *)dv);
+    if (rc != 0)
+        return rc > 0 ? PyString_FromString("...") : NULL;
 
     seq = PySequence_List((PyObject *)dv);
     if (seq == NULL)
-        return NULL;
+        goto Done;
 
     seq_str = PyObject_Repr(seq);
-    if (seq_str == NULL) {
-        Py_DECREF(seq);
-        return NULL;
-    }
+    if (seq_str == NULL)
+        goto Done_seq;
+
     result = PyString_FromFormat("%s(%s)", Py_TYPE(dv)->tp_name,
                                  PyString_AS_STRING(seq_str));
     Py_DECREF(seq_str);
+Done_seq:
     Py_DECREF(seq);
+Done:
+    Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)dv);
     return result;
 }