diff -r 1927f47a1838 Lib/test/test_list.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_list.py	Wed Jul 30 19:24:32 2014 -0400
+++ b/Lib/test/test_list.py	Sat Aug 02 00:00:19 2014 +0300
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 from test import support, list_tests
 import pickle
 
+pointer_size = 8 if sys.maxsize > 0xFFFFFFFF else 4
+
 class ListTest(list_tests.CommonTest):
     type2test = list
 
@@ -52,13 +54,17 @@
         self.assertEqual(len([0]), 1)
         self.assertEqual(len([0, 1, 2]), 3)
 
-    def test_overflow(self):
+    @support.cpython_only
+    @support.bigmemtest(size=(sys.maxsize*2+2),
+                        memuse=pointer_size*1.25,
+                        dry_run=False)
+    def test_overflow(self, size):
         lst = [4, 5, 6, 7]
-        n = int((sys.maxsize*2+2) // len(lst))
-        def mul(a, b): return a * b
-        def imul(a, b): a *= b
-        self.assertRaises((MemoryError, OverflowError), mul, lst, n)
-        self.assertRaises((MemoryError, OverflowError), imul, lst, n)
+        n = size // len(lst)
+        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+            lst * n
+        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+            lst *= n
 
     def test_repr_large(self):
         # Check the repr of large list objects