diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c
index 05c3e75b4642ee..a6f46692ba29c6 100644
--- a/Objects/fileobject.c
+++ b/Objects/fileobject.c
@@ -73,31 +73,34 @@ PyFile_GetLine(PyObject *f, int n)
         Py_SETREF(result, NULL);
     }
 
-    if (n < 0 && result != NULL && PyBytes_Check(result)) {
-        const char *s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
-        Py_ssize_t len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(result);
-        if (len == 0) {
-            Py_SETREF(result, NULL);
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError,
-                            "EOF when reading a line");
-        }
-        else if (s[len-1] == '\n') {
-            (void) _PyBytes_Resize(&result, len-1);
-        }
-    }
-    if (n < 0 && result != NULL && PyUnicode_Check(result)) {
-        Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(result);
-        if (len == 0) {
-            Py_SETREF(result, NULL);
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError,
-                            "EOF when reading a line");
+    if(n < 0 && result != NULL) {
+        if (PyBytes_Check(result)) {
+            const char *s = PyBytes_AS_STRING(result);
+            Py_ssize_t len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(result);
+            if (len == 0) {
+                Py_SETREF(result, NULL);
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError,
+                                "EOF when reading a line");
+            }
+            else if (s[len-1] == '\n') {
+                (void) _PyBytes_Resize(&result, len-1);
+            }
         }
-        else if (PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(result, len-1) == '\n') {
-            PyObject *v;
-            v = PyUnicode_Substring(result, 0, len-1);
-            Py_SETREF(result, v);
+        if (PyUnicode_Check(result)) {
+            Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(result);
+            if (len == 0) {
+                Py_SETREF(result, NULL);
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_EOFError,
+                                "EOF when reading a line");
+            }
+            else if (PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(result, len-1) == '\n') {
+                PyObject *v;
+                v = PyUnicode_Substring(result, 0, len-1);
+                Py_SETREF(result, v);
+            }
         }
     }
+    
     return result;
 }