Issue #11321: Fix a crash with multiple imports of the _pickle module when
embedding Python.  Patch by Andreas Stührk.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 18ee9d3..2154393 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #11321: Fix a crash with multiple imports of the _pickle module when
+  embedding Python.  Patch by Andreas Stührk.
+
 - Issue #12502: asyncore: fix polling loop with AF_UNIX sockets.
 
 - Issue #4376: ctypes now supports nested structures in a endian different than
diff --git a/Modules/_pickle.c b/Modules/_pickle.c
index e13d874..287f0a3 100644
--- a/Modules/_pickle.c
+++ b/Modules/_pickle.c
@@ -6321,8 +6321,10 @@
     if (m == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
+    Py_INCREF(&Pickler_Type);
     if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "Pickler", (PyObject *)&Pickler_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;
+    Py_INCREF(&Unpickler_Type);
     if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "Unpickler", (PyObject *)&Unpickler_Type) < 0)
         return NULL;