diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-03-14-54-33.gh-issue-152951.u8tPCI.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-03-14-54-33.gh-issue-152951.u8tPCI.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c3d56c6d59c91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-03-14-54-33.gh-issue-152951.u8tPCI.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+:class:`collections.deque` prevent rare crash when calling ``extend`` under
+high memory pressure conditions.
diff --git a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
index eed976bad79283..e48fe39dda6a09 100644
--- a/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_collectionsmodule.c
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ deque_extend_impl(dequeobject *deque, PyObject *iterable)
     iternext = *Py_TYPE(it)->tp_iternext;
     while ((item = iternext(it)) != NULL) {
         if (deque_append_lock_held(deque, item, maxlen) == -1) {
-            Py_DECREF(item);
             Py_DECREF(it);
             return NULL;
         }