diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-03-26-06-56-40.gh-issue-131740.9PdxxQ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-03-26-06-56-40.gh-issue-131740.9PdxxQ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..585f07aaddd8c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2025-03-26-06-56-40.gh-issue-131740.9PdxxQ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update PyUnstable_GC_VisitObjects to traverse perm gen.
diff --git a/Python/gc.c b/Python/gc.c
index f2a88657e8d8d6..db75a7a93a85db 100644
--- a/Python/gc.c
+++ b/Python/gc.c
@@ -2414,7 +2414,10 @@ PyUnstable_GC_VisitObjects(gcvisitobjects_t callback, void *arg)
     if (visit_generation(callback, arg, &gcstate->old[0])) {
         goto done;
     }
-    visit_generation(callback, arg, &gcstate->old[1]);
+    if (visit_generation(callback, arg, &gcstate->old[1])) {
+        goto done;
+    }
+    visit_generation(callback, arg, &gcstate->permanent_generation);
 done:
     gcstate->enabled = origenstate;
 }