diff --git a/Modules/_weakref.c b/Modules/_weakref.c
index 4e2862e7467c3d3..f751b69c1e4a1aa 100644
--- a/Modules/_weakref.c
+++ b/Modules/_weakref.c
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ _weakref_getweakrefcount_impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *object)
 
     if (!_PyType_SUPPORTS_WEAKREFS(Py_TYPE(object)))
         return 0;
-
+    Py_BEGIN_CRITICAL_SECTION(object);
     list = GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR(object);
-    return _PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount(*list);
+    Py_ssize_t count = _PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount(*list);
+    Py_END_CRITICAL_SECTION();
+    return count;
 }
 
 
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ _weakref_getweakrefs(PyObject *module, PyObject *object)
         return PyList_New(0);
     }
 
+    Py_BEGIN_CRITICAL_SECTION(object);
     PyWeakReference **list = GET_WEAKREFS_LISTPTR(object);
     Py_ssize_t count = _PyWeakref_GetWeakrefCount(*list);
 
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ _weakref_getweakrefs(PyObject *module, PyObject *object)
         PyList_SET_ITEM(result, i, Py_NewRef(current));
         current = current->wr_next;
     }
+
+    Py_END_CRITICAL_SECTION();
     return result;
 }