diff -r 818989a48e96 Lib/test/test_list.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_list.py	Thu Jul 31 07:48:14 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_list.py	Sat Aug 02 00:00:06 2014 +0300
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import sys
 from test import test_support, list_tests
 
+pointer_size = 8 if sys.maxsize > 0xFFFFFFFF else 4
+
 class ListTest(list_tests.CommonTest):
     type2test = list
 
@@ -51,13 +53,17 @@
         self.assertEqual(len([0]), 1)
         self.assertEqual(len([0, 1, 2]), 3)
 
-    def test_overflow(self):
+    @test_support.cpython_only
+    @test_support.precisionbigmemtest(size=(sys.maxint*2+2),
+                                      memuse=pointer_size*1.25,
+                                      dry_run=False)
+    def test_overflow(self, size):
         lst = [4, 5, 6, 7]
-        n = int((sys.maxint*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 = int(size // len(lst))
+        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+            lst * n
+        with self.assertRaises(OverflowError):
+            lst *= n
 
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     test_support.run_unittest(ListTest)