diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 5c3c6320f47..6b8cf1ff3c0 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -214,6 +214,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #8862: Fixed curses cleanup when getkey is interrputed by a signal.
+
 - Issue #9090: When a socket with a timeout fails with EWOULDBLOCK or EAGAIN,
   retry the select() loop instead of bailing out.  This is because select()
   can incorrectly report a socket as ready for reading (for example, if it
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 5f26c7fa81b..b914e5f6819 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -885,7 +885,9 @@ PyCursesWindow_GetKey(PyCursesWindowObject *self, PyObject *args)
     }
     if (rtn == ERR) {
         /* getch() returns ERR in nodelay mode */
-        PyErr_SetString(PyCursesError, "no input");
+        PyErr_CheckSignals();
+        if (!PyErr_Occurred())
+            PyErr_SetString(PyCursesError, "no input");
         return NULL;
     } else if (rtn<=255) {
         return Py_BuildValue("c", rtn);