diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 92a6ad6..1a230e0 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -3395,8 +3395,8 @@
     }
 }
 
-PyObject *
-PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors)
+static PyObject *
+unicode_encode_locale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors, int current_locale)
 {
     Py_ssize_t wlen, wlen2;
     wchar_t *wstr;
@@ -3423,7 +3423,12 @@
         /* "surrogateescape" error handler */
         char *str;
 
-        str = Py_EncodeLocale(wstr, &error_pos);
+        if (current_locale) {
+            str = _Py_EncodeCurrentLocale(wstr, &error_pos);
+        }
+        else {
+            str = Py_EncodeLocale(wstr, &error_pos);
+        }
         if (str == NULL) {
             if (error_pos == (size_t)-1) {
                 PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -3437,7 +3442,12 @@
         PyMem_Free(wstr);
 
         bytes = PyBytes_FromString(str);
-        PyMem_Free(str);
+        if (current_locale) {
+            PyMem_RawFree(str);
+        }
+        else {
+            PyMem_Free(str);
+        }
     }
     else {
         /* strict mode */
@@ -3503,6 +3513,18 @@
 }
 
 PyObject *
+PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors)
+{
+    return unicode_encode_locale(unicode, errors, 0);
+}
+
+PyObject *
+_PyUnicode_EncodeCurrentLocale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors)
+{
+    return unicode_encode_locale(unicode, errors, 1);
+}
+
+PyObject *
 PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault(PyObject *unicode)
 {
 #if defined(__APPLE__)
@@ -3524,7 +3546,8 @@
                                          Py_FileSystemDefaultEncodeErrors);
     }
     else {
-        return PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(unicode, Py_FileSystemDefaultEncodeErrors);
+        return unicode_encode_locale(unicode,
+                                     Py_FileSystemDefaultEncodeErrors, 0);
     }
 #endif
 }
@@ -3695,9 +3718,9 @@
     return 0;
 }
 
-PyObject*
-PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len,
-                              const char *errors)
+static PyObject*
+unicode_decode_locale(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, const char *errors,
+                      int current_locale)
 {
     wchar_t smallbuf[256];
     size_t smallbuf_len = Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(smallbuf);
@@ -3719,7 +3742,12 @@
 
     if (surrogateescape) {
         /* "surrogateescape" error handler */
-        wstr = Py_DecodeLocale(str, &wlen);
+        if (current_locale) {
+            wstr = _Py_DecodeCurrentLocale(str, &wlen);
+        }
+        else {
+            wstr = Py_DecodeLocale(str, &wlen);
+        }
         if (wstr == NULL) {
             if (wlen == (size_t)-1)
                 PyErr_NoMemory();
@@ -3795,10 +3823,24 @@
 }
 
 PyObject*
+PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len,
+                              const char *errors)
+{
+    return unicode_decode_locale(str, len, errors, 0);
+}
+
+PyObject*
+_PyUnicode_DecodeCurrentLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len,
+                                      const char *errors)
+{
+    return unicode_decode_locale(str, len, errors, 1);
+}
+
+PyObject*
 PyUnicode_DecodeLocale(const char *str, const char *errors)
 {
     Py_ssize_t size = (Py_ssize_t)strlen(str);
-    return PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(str, size, errors);
+    return unicode_decode_locale(str, size, errors, 0);
 }