1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 8ad0389..a4c6999 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -2431,6 +2431,7 @@ _PyObject_SetDeferredRefcount(PyObject *op)
     assert(PyType_IS_GC(Py_TYPE(op)));
     assert(_Py_IsOwnedByCurrentThread(op));
     assert(op->ob_ref_shared == 0);
+    _PyObject_SET_GC_BITS(op, _PyGC_BITS_DEFERRED);
     PyInterpreterState *interp = _PyInterpreterState_GET();
     if (interp->gc.immortalize.enabled) {
         // gh-117696: immortalize objects instead of using deferred reference
@@ -2438,7 +2439,6 @@ _PyObject_SetDeferredRefcount(PyObject *op)
         _Py_SetImmortal(op);
         return;
     }
-    op->ob_gc_bits |= _PyGC_BITS_DEFERRED;
     op->ob_ref_local += 1;
     op->ob_ref_shared = _Py_REF_QUEUED;
 #endif