ensure .keywords is always a dict

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
index 57dfba0410..24da67741b 100644
--- a/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_functoolsmodule.c
@@ -54,17 +54,13 @@ partial_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
         Py_DECREF(pto);
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (kw != NULL) {
-        pto->kw = PyDict_Copy(kw);
-        if (pto->kw == NULL) {
-            Py_DECREF(pto);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    } else {
-        pto->kw = Py_None;
-        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+    pto->kw = (kw != NULL) ? PyDict_Copy(kw) : PyDict_New();
+    if (pto->kw == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(pto);
+        return NULL;
     }
 
+
     pto->weakreflist = NULL;
     pto->dict = NULL;