diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index 858eff5fc2..0e22573d20 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -227,6 +227,9 @@ BaseException_set_tb(PyBaseExceptionObject *self, PyObject *tb)
                         "__traceback__ must be a traceback or None");
         return -1;
     }
+    if ((PyObject *)self == PyExc_RecursionErrorInst) {
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     Py_INCREF(tb);
     Py_XSETREF(self->traceback, tb);
@@ -324,6 +327,9 @@ PyException_GetCause(PyObject *self) {
 void
 PyException_SetCause(PyObject *self, PyObject *cause)
 {
+    if (self == PyExc_RecursionErrorInst) {
+        return;
+    }
     ((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self)->suppress_context = 1;
     Py_XSETREF(((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self)->cause, cause);
 }
@@ -339,6 +345,9 @@ PyException_GetContext(PyObject *self) {
 void
 PyException_SetContext(PyObject *self, PyObject *context)
 {
+    if (self == PyExc_RecursionErrorInst) {
+        return;
+    }
     Py_XSETREF(((PyBaseExceptionObject *)self)->context, context);
 }