diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index cd46a64ea..0db181d24 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes between 2.3.5 and 2.4.DEV
 - make "import pdb ; pdb.set_trace()" work natively wrt capturing (no "-s" needed
   anymore), making ``pytest.set_trace()`` a mere shortcut.
 
+- fix issue333: fix a case of bad unittest/pytest hook interaction.
+
 - fix issue181: --pdb now also works on collect errors (and 
   on internal errors) .  This was implemented by a slight internal 
   refactoring and the introduction of a new hook 
diff --git a/_pytest/unittest.py b/_pytest/unittest.py
index f283d0348..571a8360c 100644
--- a/_pytest/unittest.py
+++ b/_pytest/unittest.py
@@ -150,7 +150,10 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
     if isinstance(item, TestCaseFunction):
         if item._excinfo:
             call.excinfo = item._excinfo.pop(0)
-            del call.result
+            try:
+                del call.result
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
 
 # twisted trial support
 def pytest_runtest_protocol(item, __multicall__):
diff --git a/testing/test_unittest.py b/testing/test_unittest.py
index 3752cf868..98a8ce02b 100644
--- a/testing/test_unittest.py
+++ b/testing/test_unittest.py
@@ -654,3 +654,21 @@ def test_no_teardown_if_setupclass_failed(testdir):
     reprec = testdir.inline_run(testpath)
     reprec.assertoutcome(passed=1, failed=1)
 
+
+def test_issue333_result_clearing(testdir):
+    testdir.makeconftest("""
+        def pytest_runtest_call(__multicall__, item):
+            __multicall__.execute()
+            assert 0
+    """)
+    testdir.makepyfile("""
+        import unittest
+        class TestIt(unittest.TestCase):
+            def test_func(self):
+                0/0
+    """)
+
+    reprec = testdir.inline_run()
+    reprec.assertoutcome(failed=1)
+
+