diff --git a/vm/src/exceptions.rs b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
index 2971c6f292..329477332e 100644
--- a/vm/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/vm/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -512,15 +512,13 @@ pub struct ExceptionZoo {
     pub resource_warning: PyTypeRef,
 }
 
-pub fn exception_slots() -> crate::slots::PyTypeSlots {
-    let mut slots = PyBaseException::make_slots();
-    // make_slots produces it with a tp_name of BaseException, which is usually wrong
-    slots.name.get_mut().take();
-    slots
-}
-
 pub fn create_exception_type(name: &str, base: &PyTypeRef) -> PyTypeRef {
-    create_type_with_slots(name, PyType::static_type(), base, exception_slots())
+    create_type_with_slots(
+        name,
+        PyType::static_type(),
+        base,
+        PyBaseException::make_slots(),
+    )
 }
 
 macro_rules! extend_exception {
diff --git a/vm/src/stdlib/ssl.rs b/vm/src/stdlib/ssl.rs
index 2220713b86..7db6121f6d 100644
--- a/vm/src/stdlib/ssl.rs
+++ b/vm/src/stdlib/ssl.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ use crate::common::{
 use crate::{
     builtins::{PyStrRef, PyType, PyTypeRef, PyWeak},
     byteslike::{ArgBytesLike, ArgMemoryBuffer, ArgStrOrBytesLike},
-    exceptions::{self, create_exception_type, IntoPyException, PyBaseExceptionRef},
+    exceptions::{
+        self, create_exception_type, IntoPyException, PyBaseException, PyBaseExceptionRef,
+    },
     function::{ArgCallable, OptionalArg},
     slots::SlotConstructor,
     stdlib::os::PyPathLike,
@@ -1119,7 +1121,7 @@ pub fn make_module(vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyObjectRef {
         ssl_error.clone(),
         vec![ssl_error.clone(), ctx.exceptions.value_error.clone()],
         Default::default(),
-        crate::exceptions::exception_slots(),
+        PyBaseException::make_slots(),
     )
     .unwrap();
     let ssl_zero_return_error = create_exception_type("SSLZeroReturnError", &ssl_error);