diff --git a/Objects/typevarobject.c b/Objects/typevarobject.c
index 8a3a1e9834583a..75a69d4bc3e019 100644
--- a/Objects/typevarobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typevarobject.c
@@ -2123,11 +2123,6 @@ typealias_new_impl(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *name, PyObject *value,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    PyObject *module = caller();
-    if (module == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
     if (qualname == NULL || qualname == Py_None) {
         // If qualname was not set directly, we use name instead.
         qualname = name;
@@ -2138,6 +2133,11 @@ typealias_new_impl(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *name, PyObject *value,
         }
     }
 
+    PyObject *module = caller();
+    if (module == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     PyObject *ta = (PyObject *)typealias_alloc(
         name, qualname, checked_params, NULL, value, module);
     Py_DECREF(module);