diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h
index 439f47a263dfa1c..2b1b47f3ec1cfe1 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h
@@ -669,6 +669,7 @@ _PyStaticObjects_CheckRefcnt(PyInterpreterState *interp) {
     _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt((PyObject *)&_Py_ID(__lshift__));
     _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt((PyObject *)&_Py_ID(__lt__));
     _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt((PyObject *)&_Py_ID(__main__));
+    _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt((PyObject *)&_Py_ID(__match_args__));
     _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt((PyObject *)&_Py_ID(__matmul__));
     _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt((PyObject *)&_Py_ID(__missing__));
     _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt((PyObject *)&_Py_ID(__mod__));
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h b/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h
index 0c84999cbf81273..7a8ae76de80a443 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_global_strings.h
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ struct _Py_global_strings {
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(__lshift__)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(__lt__)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(__main__)
+        STRUCT_FOR_ID(__match_args__)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(__matmul__)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(__missing__)
         STRUCT_FOR_ID(__mod__)
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h
index 07f237b2905864a..2d7264e6a93a6ed 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_runtime_init_generated.h
@@ -664,6 +664,7 @@ extern "C" {
     INIT_ID(__lshift__), \
     INIT_ID(__lt__), \
     INIT_ID(__main__), \
+    INIT_ID(__match_args__), \
     INIT_ID(__matmul__), \
     INIT_ID(__missing__), \
     INIT_ID(__mod__), \
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject_generated.h
index 9b470094b7afe2f..f96800c8a44f219 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject_generated.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject_generated.h
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ _PyUnicode_InitStaticStrings(PyInterpreterState *interp) {
     string = &_Py_ID(__main__);
     assert(_PyUnicode_CheckConsistency(string, 1));
     _PyUnicode_InternInPlace(interp, &string);
+    string = &_Py_ID(__match_args__);
+    assert(_PyUnicode_CheckConsistency(string, 1));
+    _PyUnicode_InternInPlace(interp, &string);
     string = &_Py_ID(__matmul__);
     assert(_PyUnicode_CheckConsistency(string, 1));
     _PyUnicode_InternInPlace(interp, &string);
diff --git a/Objects/funcobject.c b/Objects/funcobject.c
index f43e3a2787b846c..a8a9ee2b9bad469 100644
--- a/Objects/funcobject.c
+++ b/Objects/funcobject.c
@@ -942,17 +942,12 @@ PyTypeObject PyFunction_Type = {
 static int
 functools_copy_attr(PyObject *wrapper, PyObject *wrapped, PyObject *name)
 {
-    PyObject *value = PyObject_GetAttr(wrapped, name);
-    if (value == NULL) {
-        if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_AttributeError)) {
-            PyErr_Clear();
-            return 0;
-        }
-        return -1;
+    PyObject *value;
+    int res = _PyObject_LookupAttr(wrapped, name, &value);
+    if (value != NULL) {
+        res = PyObject_SetAttr(wrapper, name, value);
+        Py_DECREF(value);
     }
-
-    int res = PyObject_SetAttr(wrapper, name, value);
-    Py_DECREF(value);
     return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index c883a903e964f83..5bfdd5c656a67af 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -413,10 +413,8 @@ match_class_attr(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *subject, PyObject *type,
         }
         return NULL;
     }
-    PyObject *attr = PyObject_GetAttr(subject, name);
-    if (attr == NULL && _PyErr_ExceptionMatches(tstate, PyExc_AttributeError)) {
-        _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
-    }
+    PyObject *attr;
+    (void)_PyObject_LookupAttr(subject, name, &attr);
     return attr;
 }
 
@@ -451,7 +449,9 @@ match_class(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *subject, PyObject *type,
     // First, the positional subpatterns:
     if (nargs) {
         int match_self = 0;
-        match_args = PyObject_GetAttrString(type, "__match_args__");
+        if (_PyObject_LookupAttr(type, &_Py_ID(__match_args__), &match_args) < 0) {
+            goto fail;
+        }
         if (match_args) {
             if (!PyTuple_CheckExact(match_args)) {
                 const char *e = "%s.__match_args__ must be a tuple (got %s)";
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ match_class(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *subject, PyObject *type,
                 goto fail;
             }
         }
-        else if (_PyErr_ExceptionMatches(tstate, PyExc_AttributeError)) {
-            _PyErr_Clear(tstate);
+        else {
             // _Py_TPFLAGS_MATCH_SELF is only acknowledged if the type does not
             // define __match_args__. This is natural behavior for subclasses:
             // it's as if __match_args__ is some "magic" value that is lost as
@@ -471,9 +470,6 @@ match_class(PyThreadState *tstate, PyObject *subject, PyObject *type,
             match_self = PyType_HasFeature((PyTypeObject*)type,
                                             _Py_TPFLAGS_MATCH_SELF);
         }
-        else {
-            goto fail;
-        }
         assert(PyTuple_CheckExact(match_args));
         Py_ssize_t allowed = match_self ? 1 : PyTuple_GET_SIZE(match_args);
         if (allowed < nargs) {