diff --git a/Lib/test/test_call.py b/Lib/test/test_call.py
@@ -577,9 +577,18 @@ class MethodDescriptorOverridden(_testcapi.MethodDescriptorBase):
            def __call__(self, n):
                return 'new'

        calls += [
            (MethodDescriptorHeap(), (0,), {}, True),
            (MethodDescriptorOverridden(), (0,), {}, 'new'),
        ]

        for (func, args, kwargs, expected) in calls:

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-06-06-11-00-55.bpo-36974.wdzzym.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2019-06-06-11-00-55.bpo-36974.wdzzym.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
diff --git a/Objects/call.c b/Objects/call.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ PyVectorcall_Call(PyObject *callable, PyObject *tuple, PyObject *kwargs)
    /* get vectorcallfunc as in _PyVectorcall_Function, but without
     * the _Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_VECTORCALL check */
    Py_ssize_t offset = Py_TYPE(callable)->tp_vectorcall_offset;
-    if ((offset <= 0) || (!Py_TYPE(callable)->tp_call)) {
        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "'%.200s' object does not support vectorcall",
                     Py_TYPE(callable)->tp_name);
        return NULL;