diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 709ded3..665f71f 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -686,6 +686,7 @@
 Nicholas Riley
 Jean-Claude Rimbault
 Juan M. Bello Rivas
+Davide Rizzo
 Anthony Roach
 Mark Roberts
 Jim Robinson
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 97a4acb..4aa48ae 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #12149: Update the method cache after a type's dictionnary gets
+  cleared by the garbage collector.  This fixes a segfault when an instance
+  and its type get caught in a reference cycle, and the instance's
+  deallocator calls one of the methods on the type (e.g. when subclassing
+  IOBase).  Diagnosis and patch by Davide Rizzo.
+
 - Issue #12501: Adjust callable() warning: callable() is only not supported in
   Python 3.1. callable() is again supported in Python 3.2.