diff --git a/capnp/helpers/capabilityHelper.cpp b/capnp/helpers/capabilityHelper.cpp
index 43a4c2c..5a0a3db 100644
--- a/capnp/helpers/capabilityHelper.cpp
+++ b/capnp/helpers/capabilityHelper.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ void c_reraise_kj_exception() {
   }
   catch (kj::Exception& exn) {
     auto obj = wrap_kj_exception_for_reraise(exn);
+    if (obj == nullptr) {
+      return;
+    }
     PyErr_SetObject((PyObject*)obj->ob_type, obj);
     Py_DECREF(obj);
   }
diff --git a/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx b/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx
index a6eddb0..538c46f 100644
--- a/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx
+++ b/capnp/lib/capnp.pyx
@@ -288,8 +288,8 @@ cdef api object wrap_kj_exception(capnp.Exception & exception) with gil:
 
 
 cdef api object wrap_kj_exception_for_reraise(capnp.Exception & exception) with gil:
+    PyErr_Clear()
     wrapper = _KjExceptionWrapper()._init(exception)
-
     ret = KjException(wrapper=wrapper)
     return ret
 
diff --git a/test/test_serialization.py b/test/test_serialization.py
index 6c4bfa5..285edcf 100644
--- a/test/test_serialization.py
+++ b/test/test_serialization.py
@@ -252,3 +252,22 @@ def test_from_bytes_packed_traversal_limit(all_types):
     msg = all_types.TestAllTypes.from_bytes_packed(data, traversal_limit_in_words=2**62)
     for i in range(0, size):
         assert msg.structList[i].uInt8Field == 0
+
+def test_malformed_text_field_reraise():
+    SCHEMA = "@0xdbb9ad1f14bf0b36;\nstruct Person { name @0 :Text; age @1 :UInt32; }\n"
+    with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".capnp", mode="w", delete=False) as f:
+        f.write(SCHEMA)
+
+    Person = capnp.load(f.name).Person
+
+    # Create valid payload and corrupt the NUL terminator
+    buf = bytearray(Person.new_message(name="alice", age=30).to_bytes())
+    buf[37] ^= 0xFF
+
+    # The process should raise an exception, not SIGSEGV
+    try:
+        with Person.from_bytes(bytes(buf), traversal_limit_in_words=2**20) as r:
+            _ = str(r.name)
+    except Exception as e:
+        # Success: We caught an exception cleanly
+        pass