2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ec86a53..affaffd 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #27736: Prevent segfault after interpreter re-initialization due
+  to ref count problem introduced in code for Issue #27038 in 3.6.0a3.
+  Patch by Xiang Zhang.
+
 - Issue #12345: Add mathemathcal constant tau to math and cmath. See also
   PEP 628.
 
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 52e465f..10d6bcb 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -13355,6 +13355,8 @@ INITFUNC(void)
         Py_DECREF(unicode);
     }
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "_have_functions", list);
+
+    Py_INCREF((PyObject *) &DirEntryType);
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "DirEntry", (PyObject *)&DirEntryType);
 
     initialized = 1;