diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index b07244a..9fa22e1 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@
 Mark Roberts
 Andy Robinson
 Jim Robinson
+Daniel Rocco
 Mark Roddy
 Kevin Rodgers
 Sean Rodman
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 691c533..5aa57b9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #12923: Reset FancyURLopener's redirect counter even if there is an
+  exception.  Based on patches by Brian Brazil and Daniel Rocco.
+
 - Issue #25945: Fixed a crash when unpickle the functools.partial object with
   wrong state.  Fixed a leak in failed functools.partial constructor.
   "args" and "keywords" attributes of functools.partial have now always types