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diff --git a/py/objgenerator.c b/py/objgenerator.c
index c306bb0c5..92bafea6a 100644
--- a/py/objgenerator.c
+++ b/py/objgenerator.c
@@ -252,7 +252,22 @@ STATIC MP_DEFINE_CONST_FUN_OBJ_2(gen_instance_send_obj, gen_instance_send);
STATIC mp_obj_t gen_instance_close(mp_obj_t self_in);
STATIC mp_obj_t gen_instance_throw(size_t n_args, const mp_obj_t *args) {
- mp_obj_t exc = (n_args == 2) ? args[1] : args[2];
+ // The signature of this function is: throw(type[, value[, traceback]])
+ // CPython will pass all given arguments through the call chain and process them
+ // at the point they are used (native generators will handle them differently to
+ // user-defined generators with a throw() method). To save passing multiple
+ // values, MicroPython instead does partial processing here to reduce it down to
+ // one argument and passes that through:
+ // - if only args[1] is given, or args[2] is given but is None, args[1] is
+ // passed through (in the standard case it is an exception class or instance)
+ // - if args[2] is given and not None it is passed through (in the standard
+ // case it would be an exception instance and args[1] its corresponding class)
+ // - args[3] is always ignored
+
+ mp_obj_t exc = args[1];
+ if (n_args > 2 && args[2] != mp_const_none) {
+ exc = args[2];
+ }
mp_obj_t ret = gen_resume_and_raise(args[0], mp_const_none, exc);
if (ret == MP_OBJ_STOP_ITERATION) {