diff --git a/Lib/test/test_functools.py b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
index 562cb82..e9c243b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_functools.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_functools.py
@@ -151,6 +151,23 @@
         f_copy = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(f))
         self.assertEqual(signature(f), signature(f_copy))
 
+    # Issue 6083: Reference counting bug
+    def test_setstate_refcount(self):
+        class BadSequence:
+            def __len__(self):
+                return 4
+            def __getitem__(self, key):
+                if key == 0:
+                    return max
+                elif key == 1:
+                    return tuple(range(1000000))
+                elif key in (2, 3):
+                    return {}
+                raise IndexError
+
+        f = self.thetype(object)
+        self.assertRaises(SystemError, f.__setstate__, BadSequence())
+
 class PartialSubclass(functools.partial):
     pass
 
@@ -164,6 +181,7 @@
 
     # the python version isn't picklable
     def test_pickle(self): pass
+    def test_setstate_refcount(self): pass
 
 class TestUpdateWrapper(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_resource.py b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
index 52692a7..745b26b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_resource.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_resource.py
@@ -103,6 +103,23 @@
         except (ValueError, AttributeError):
             pass
 
+    # Issue 6083: Reference counting bug
+    def test_setrusage_refcount(self):
+        try:
+            limits = resource.getrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CPU)
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        else:
+            class BadSequence:
+                def __len__(self):
+                    return 2
+                def __getitem__(self, key):
+                    if key in (0, 1):
+                        return len(tuple(range(1000000)))
+                    raise IndexError
+
+            resource.setrlimit(resource.RLIMIT_CPU, BadSequence())
+
 def test_main(verbose=None):
     test_support.run_unittest(ResourceTest)