From b8d84d967320cbb12a81310a6627680a1c70caf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Peter Bierma <zintensitydev@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:21:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix racy assertion during finalization.

---
 Python/pylifecycle.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index 01ca459b2eb2b8..500a1a1949a5a8 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -3827,8 +3827,8 @@ handle_thread_shutdown_exception(PyThreadState *tstate)
     assert(tstate != NULL);
     assert(_PyErr_Occurred(tstate));
     PyInterpreterState *interp = tstate->interp;
-    assert(interp->threads.head != NULL);
     _PyEval_StopTheWorld(interp);
+    assert(interp->threads.head != NULL);
 
     // We don't have to worry about locking this because the
     // world is stopped.