diff -r e3dbe8b7279a Objects/unicodeobject.c
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c	Sat Sep 03 19:30:22 2016 +0100
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c	Thu Sep 08 22:42:37 2016 +0200
@@ -10446,7 +10446,7 @@
 
     if (maxcount < 0)
         maxcount = PY_SSIZE_T_MAX;
-    else if (maxcount == 0 || slen == 0)
+    if (maxcount == 0 || slen == 0)
         goto nothing;
 
     if (str1 == str2)