diff --git a/Modules/main.c b/Modules/main.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,7 @@ static int
pymain_read_conf(_PyMain *pymain, _PyCoreConfig *config,
                 _PyCmdline *cmdline)
{
    _PyCoreConfig save_config = _PyCoreConfig_INIT;
    char *oldloc = NULL;
    int res = -1;
@@ -1319,6 +1320,10 @@ pymain_read_conf(_PyMain *pymain, _PyCoreConfig *config,
            goto done;
        }

        if (pymain_init_cmdline_argv(pymain, config, cmdline) < 0) {
            goto done;
        }
@@ -1383,6 +1388,7 @@ pymain_read_conf(_PyMain *pymain, _PyCoreConfig *config,
        setlocale(LC_ALL, oldloc);
        PyMem_RawFree(oldloc);
    }
    return res;
}