diff --git a/Lib/test/test_typing.py b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
index 7f96aff7104551..34fbf0571b69e0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_typing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_typing.py
@@ -2253,6 +2253,12 @@ def test_no_isinstance(self):
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             issubclass(int, ClassVar)
 
+    def test_bad_module(self):
+        # bpo-41515
+        class BadModule:
+            pass
+        BadModule.__module__ = 'bad' # Something not in sys.modules
+        assert(get_type_hints(BadModule), {})
 
 class FinalTests(BaseTestCase):
 
diff --git a/Lib/typing.py b/Lib/typing.py
index 5da032bbee8f1e..98eed6be102830 100644
--- a/Lib/typing.py
+++ b/Lib/typing.py
@@ -1342,7 +1342,10 @@ def get_type_hints(obj, globalns=None, localns=None, include_extras=False):
         hints = {}
         for base in reversed(obj.__mro__):
             if globalns is None:
-                base_globals = sys.modules[base.__module__].__dict__
+                try:
+                    base_globals = sys.modules[base.__module__].__dict__
+                except KeyError:
+                    continue
             else:
                 base_globals = globalns
             ann = base.__dict__.get('__annotations__', {})