diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index 937d497753e970..bacd297a84bea1 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -408,8 +408,8 @@ gen_close(PyGenObject *gen, PyObject *args)
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, msg);
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration)
-        || PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_GeneratorExit)) {
+    if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_GeneratorExit)
+        || PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_StopIteration)) {
         PyErr_Clear();          /* ignore these errors */
         Py_RETURN_NONE;
     }