diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
index 3da210a..57a0265 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 from functools import wraps
 
 from test.support import (TESTFN, TESTFN_UNICODE, check_warnings, run_unittest,
-                          make_bad_fd, cpython_only)
+                          make_bad_fd, cpython_only, swap_attr)
 from collections import UserList
 
 import _io  # C implementation of io
@@ -176,6 +176,12 @@
         finally:
             os.close(fd)
 
+    def testRecursiveRepr(self):
+        # Issue #25455
+        with swap_attr(self.f, 'name', self.f):
+            with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+                repr(self.f)  # Should not crash
+
     def testErrors(self):
         f = self.f
         self.assertFalse(f.isatty())
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
index fc68b09..929865d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -1014,6 +1014,16 @@
         raw.name = b"dummy"
         self.assertEqual(repr(b), "<%s name=b'dummy'>" % clsname)
 
+    def test_recursive_repr(self):
+        # Issue #25455
+        raw = self.MockRawIO()
+        b = self.tp(raw)
+        with support.swap_attr(raw, 'name', b):
+            try:
+                repr(b)  # Should not crash
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
+
     def test_flush_error_on_close(self):
         # Test that buffered file is closed despite failed flush
         # and that flush() is called before file closed.
@@ -2435,6 +2445,16 @@
         t.buffer.detach()
         repr(t)  # Should not raise an exception
 
+    def test_recursive_repr(self):
+        # Issue #25455
+        raw = self.BytesIO()
+        t = self.TextIOWrapper(raw)
+        with support.swap_attr(raw, 'name', t):
+            try:
+                repr(t)  # Should not crash
+            except RuntimeError:
+                pass
+
     def test_line_buffering(self):
         r = self.BytesIO()
         b = self.BufferedWriter(r, 1000)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b7990c6..f317527 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- bpo-25455: Fixed crashes in repr of recursive buffered file-like objects.
+
 - bpo-29800: Fix crashes in partial.__repr__ if the keys of partial.keywords
   are not strings.  Patch by Michael Seifert.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
index 6c88bbb..59e9beb 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
@@ -1415,8 +1415,18 @@
         res = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<%s>", Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name);
     }
     else {
-        res = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<%s name=%R>",
-                                   Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name, nameobj);
+        int status = Py_ReprEnter((PyObject *)self);
+        res = NULL;
+        if (status == 0) {
+            res = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<%s name=%R>",
+                                       Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name, nameobj);
+            Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)self);
+        }
+        else if (status > 0) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                         "reentrant call inside %s.__repr__",
+                         Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name);
+        }
         Py_DECREF(nameobj);
     }
     return res;
diff --git a/Modules/_io/fileio.c b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
index b99506f..6000508 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
@@ -1082,9 +1082,19 @@
             self->fd, mode_string(self), self->closefd ? "True" : "False");
     }
     else {
-        res = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
-            "<_io.FileIO name=%R mode='%s' closefd=%s>",
-            nameobj, mode_string(self), self->closefd ? "True" : "False");
+        int status = Py_ReprEnter((PyObject *)self);
+        res = NULL;
+        if (status == 0) {
+            res = PyUnicode_FromFormat(
+                "<_io.FileIO name=%R mode='%s' closefd=%s>",
+                nameobj, mode_string(self), self->closefd ? "True" : "False");
+            Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)self);
+        }
+        else if (status > 0) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                         "reentrant call inside %s.__repr__",
+                         Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name);
+        }
         Py_DECREF(nameobj);
     }
     return res;
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index 4133bf3..fce662a 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -2483,6 +2483,7 @@
 textiowrapper_repr(textio *self)
 {
     PyObject *nameobj, *modeobj, *res, *s;
+    int status;
 
     CHECK_INITIALIZED(self);
 
@@ -2490,6 +2491,15 @@
     if (res == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
+    status = Py_ReprEnter((PyObject *)self);
+    if (status != 0) {
+        if (status > 0) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                         "reentrant call inside %s.__repr__",
+                         Py_TYPE(self)->tp_name);
+        }
+        goto error;
+    }
     nameobj = _PyObject_GetAttrId((PyObject *) self, &PyId_name);
     if (nameobj == NULL) {
         if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_Exception))
@@ -2504,7 +2514,7 @@
             goto error;
         PyUnicode_AppendAndDel(&res, s);
         if (res == NULL)
-            return NULL;
+            goto error;
     }
     modeobj = _PyObject_GetAttrId((PyObject *) self, &PyId_mode);
     if (modeobj == NULL) {
@@ -2520,14 +2530,21 @@
             goto error;
         PyUnicode_AppendAndDel(&res, s);
         if (res == NULL)
-            return NULL;
+            goto error;
     }
     s = PyUnicode_FromFormat("%U encoding=%R>",
                              res, self->encoding);
     Py_DECREF(res);
+    if (status == 0) {
+        Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)self);
+    }
     return s;
-error:
+
+  error:
     Py_XDECREF(res);
+    if (status == 0) {
+        Py_ReprLeave((PyObject *)self);
+    }
     return NULL;
 }