From d15822eb2a765381095805d6b4c7ceeb9c3b6645 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pieter Eendebak <pieter.eendebak@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:04:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid decref in rich compare for the common path

---
 Objects/object.c | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 4d60128b092c22..1223983753ac46 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -1131,11 +1131,14 @@ PyObject_RichCompareBool(PyObject *v, PyObject *w, int op)
     res = PyObject_RichCompare(v, w, op);
     if (res == NULL)
         return -1;
-    if (PyBool_Check(res))
+    if (PyBool_Check(res)) {
         ok = (res == Py_True);
-    else
+        assert(_Py_IsImmortal(res));
+    }
+    else {
         ok = PyObject_IsTrue(res);
-    Py_DECREF(res);
+        Py_DECREF(res);
+    }
     return ok;
 }