diff --git a/Lib/test/test_code.py b/Lib/test/test_code.py
index 19fa387cd7b271..fac7e9148f1502 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_code.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_code.py
@@ -1164,6 +1164,18 @@ def test_stateless(self):
                     with self.assertRaises(Exception):
                         _testinternalcapi.verify_stateless_code(func)
 
+    def test_code_richcompare_raise_exception(self):
+        class BadStr(str):
+            def __eq__(self, _):
+                raise RuntimeError("Poison!")
+
+            __hash__ = str.__hash__
+
+        c1 = compile("pass", "test", "exec")
+        c2 = c1.replace(co_name=BadStr("poison"))
+        c3 = compile("pass", "poison", "exec")
+        with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+            c2 == c3
 
 def isinterned(s):
     return s is sys.intern(('_' + s + '_')[1:-1])
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-03-20-12-26-24.gh-issue-146199.vV8V9s.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-03-20-12-26-24.gh-issue-146199.vV8V9s.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0611a0d6a6d65a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-03-20-12-26-24.gh-issue-146199.vV8V9s.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Comparison of code objects now handles errors correctly.
diff --git a/Objects/codeobject.c b/Objects/codeobject.c
index fbf0985e9050dd..e2ea0e1a661ee4 100644
--- a/Objects/codeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/codeobject.c
@@ -2606,7 +2606,7 @@ code_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
     cp = (PyCodeObject *)other;
 
     eq = PyObject_RichCompareBool(co->co_name, cp->co_name, Py_EQ);
-    if (!eq) goto unequal;
+    if (eq <= 0) goto unequal;
     eq = co->co_argcount == cp->co_argcount;
     if (!eq) goto unequal;
     eq = co->co_posonlyargcount == cp->co_posonlyargcount;