diff --git a/Cython/Compiler/Optimize.py b/Cython/Compiler/Optimize.py
index db3397ca3b329c4d84eb349868fc4f723da3a04d..8f922cb4b4e2b230f160b5c95e2bb400fee7368a 100644
--- a/Cython/Compiler/Optimize.py
+++ b/Cython/Compiler/Optimize.py
@@ -1642,11 +1642,8 @@ static CYTHON_INLINE PyObject* __Pyx_PyDict_GetItemDefault(PyObject* d, PyObject
         PyObject *m;
         m = __Pyx_GetAttrString(d, "get");
         if (!m) return NULL;
-        if (default_value == Py_None) {
-            value = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(m, key, default_value, NULL);
-        } else {
-            value = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(m, key, NULL);
-        }
+        value = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(m, key,
+            (default_value == Py_None) ? NULL : default_value, NULL);
         Py_DECREF(m);
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/run/dict_get.pyx b/tests/run/dict_get.pyx
index 546cbe6b58ec3c4cd44bc24d58067d51cef85193..f27a81371afca8288893f26ea02f94ed622d49d8 100644
--- a/tests/run/dict_get.pyx
+++ b/tests/run/dict_get.pyx
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ def get_default(dict d, key, default):
     >>> get_default(d, 2, 2)
     2
 
+    >>> d.get((1,2), 2)
+    2
+    >>> get_default(d, (1,2), 2)
+    2
+
     >>> class Unhashable:
     ...    def __hash__(self):
     ...        raise ValueError