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diff --git a/Lib/_threading_local.py b/Lib/_threading_local.py
index 6d77035..6e8a8d8 100644
--- a/Lib/_threading_local.py
+++ b/Lib/_threading_local.py
@@ -217,10 +217,12 @@ class local(_localbase):
key = object.__getattribute__(self, '_local__key')
try:
- threads = list(threading.enumerate())
+ # We use the non-locking API since we might already hold the lock
+ # (__del__ can be called at any point by the cyclic GC).
+ threads = threading._enumerate()
except:
- # If enumerate fails, as it seems to do during
- # shutdown, we'll skip cleanup under the assumption
+ # If enumerating the current threads fails, as it seems to do
+ # during shutdown, we'll skip cleanup under the assumption
# that there is nothing to clean up.
return