1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
index f785a72..7abc9f4 100644
--- a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
@@ -88,10 +88,13 @@ partial_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
         if (kw == NULL) {
             pto->kw = PyDict_New();
         }
-        else {
+        else if (Py_REFCNT(kw) == 1) {
             Py_INCREF(kw);
             pto->kw = kw;
         }
+        else {
+            pto->kw = PyDict_Copy(kw);
+        }
     }
     else {
         pto->kw = PyDict_Copy(pkw);