diff --git a/Lib/pdb.py b/Lib/pdb.py
index fdc74198582eec..b799a113503502 100644
--- a/Lib/pdb.py
+++ b/Lib/pdb.py
@@ -398,6 +398,12 @@ def __init__(self, completekey='tab', stdin=None, stdout=None, skip=None,
 
         self._current_task = None
 
+        self.lineno = None
+        self.stack = []
+        self.curindex = 0
+        self.curframe = None
+        self._user_requested_quit = False
+
     def set_trace(self, frame=None, *, commands=None):
         Pdb._last_pdb_instance = self
         if frame is None:
@@ -474,7 +480,7 @@ def forget(self):
         self.lineno = None
         self.stack = []
         self.curindex = 0
-        if hasattr(self, 'curframe') and self.curframe:
+        if self.curframe:
             self.curframe.f_globals.pop('__pdb_convenience_variables', None)
         self.curframe = None
         self.tb_lineno.clear()
@@ -1493,7 +1499,7 @@ def checkline(self, filename, lineno, module_globals=None):
         """
         # this method should be callable before starting debugging, so default
         # to "no globals" if there is no current frame
-        frame = getattr(self, 'curframe', None)
+        frame = self.curframe
         if module_globals is None:
             module_globals = frame.f_globals if frame else None
         line = linecache.getline(filename, lineno, module_globals)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-30-12-36-19.gh-issue-140790._3T6-N.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-30-12-36-19.gh-issue-140790._3T6-N.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..03856f0b9b6d0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-10-30-12-36-19.gh-issue-140790._3T6-N.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Initialize all Pdb's instance variables in ``__init__``,  remove some hasattr/getattr