diff --git a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
index 8a531b8..a97535a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_coroutines.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 import unittest
 import warnings
 from test import support
+from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
 
 
 class AsyncYieldFrom:
@@ -2168,6 +2169,27 @@
         finally:
             warnings._warn_unawaited_coroutine = orig_wuc
 
+
+class UnawaitedWarningDuringShutdownTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    # https://bugs.python.org/issue32591#msg310726
+    def test_unawaited_warning_during_shutdown(self):
+        code = ("import asyncio\n"
+                "async def f(): pass\n"
+                "asyncio.gather(f())\n")
+        assert_python_ok("-c", code)
+
+        code = ("import sys\n"
+                "async def f(): pass\n"
+                "sys.coro = f()\n")
+        assert_python_ok("-c", code)
+
+        code = ("import sys\n"
+                "async def f(): pass\n"
+                "sys.corocycle = [f()]\n"
+                "sys.corocycle.append(sys.corocycle)\n")
+        assert_python_ok("-c", code)
+
+
 @support.cpython_only
 class CAPITest(unittest.TestCase):
 
diff --git a/Python/_warnings.c b/Python/_warnings.c
index 16ae932..0568af4 100644
--- a/Python/_warnings.c
+++ b/Python/_warnings.c
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@
         }
     }
     else {
+        /* if we're so late into Python finalization that the module dict is
+           gone, then we can't even use PyImport_GetModule without triggering
+           an interpreter abort.
+        */
+        if (!PyThreadState_GET()->interp->modules) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
         warnings_module = PyImport_GetModule(warnings_str);
         if (warnings_module == NULL)
             return NULL;