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diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index cbcc1f9..fe4490f 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -374,9 +374,11 @@ class Thread(_Verbose):
__exc_info = _sys.exc_info
def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None,
- args=(), kwargs={}, verbose=None):
+ args=(), kwargs=None, verbose=None):
assert group is None, "group argument must be None for now"
_Verbose.__init__(self, verbose)
+ if kwargs is None:
+ kwargs = {}
self.__target = target
self.__name = str(name or _newname())
self.__args = args