1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 7d4543e..20d0e1c 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -5532,7 +5532,13 @@ initialize_locals(PyThreadState *tstate, PyFunctionObject *func,
     /* Pack other positional arguments into the *args argument */
     if (co->co_flags & CO_VARARGS) {
         PyObject *u = NULL;
-        u = _PyTuple_FromArraySteal(args + n, argcount - n);
+        if (argcount == n) {
+            u = Py_NewRef(&_Py_SINGLETON(tuple_empty));
+        }
+        else {
+            assert(args != NULL);
+            u = _PyTuple_FromArraySteal(args + n, argcount - n);
+        }
         if (u == NULL) {
             goto fail_post_positional;
         }