diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-04-11-14-06.gh-issue-152851.diYvTf.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-04-11-14-06.gh-issue-152851.diYvTf.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..aab033ebeed6954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-07-04-11-14-06.gh-issue-152851.diYvTf.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Prevent a crash when allocation fails while copying a :func:`BLAKE-2s/2b
+<hashlib.blake2b>` object. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
diff --git a/Modules/blake2module.c b/Modules/blake2module.c
index e31fa8131f1ecf4..c4fbd204d566d70 100644
--- a/Modules/blake2module.c
+++ b/Modules/blake2module.c
@@ -732,6 +732,11 @@ static int
 blake2_blake2b_copy_locked(Blake2Object *self, Blake2Object *cpy)
 {
     assert(cpy != NULL);
+
+    // Ensure that the implementation type is consistent with the HACL* state.
+    // See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/152851 for details.
+    cpy->impl = self->impl;
+
     switch (self->impl) {
 #if _Py_HACL_CAN_COMPILE_VEC256
         case Blake2b_256: {
@@ -768,7 +773,6 @@ blake2_blake2b_copy_locked(Blake2Object *self, Blake2Object *cpy)
         default:
             Py_UNREACHABLE();
     }
-    cpy->impl = self->impl;
     return 0;
 
 error: