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diff --git a/‎Objects/funcobject.c‎
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@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Bugfix: :func:`PyFunction_GetAnnotations` should return a borrowed
+reference. It was returning a new reference.
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ func_get_annotation_dict(PyFunctionObject *op)
         }
         Py_SETREF(op->func_annotations, ann_dict);
     }
-    Py_INCREF(op->func_annotations);
     assert(PyDict_Check(op->func_annotations));
     return op->func_annotations;
 }
@@ -474,7 +473,11 @@ func_get_annotations(PyFunctionObject *op, void *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
         if (op->func_annotations == NULL)
             return NULL;
     }
-    return func_get_annotation_dict(op);
+    PyObject *d = func_get_annotation_dict(op);
+    if (d) {
+        Py_INCREF(d);
+    }
+    return d;
 }
 
 static int
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`@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@`
	`1`	+Bugfix: :func:`PyFunction_GetAnnotations` should return a borrowed
	`2`	`+reference. It was returning a new reference.`
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`@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ func_get_annotation_dict(PyFunctionObject *op)`
`247`	`247`	`}`
`248`	`248`	`Py_SETREF(op->func_annotations, ann_dict);`
`249`	`249`	`}`
`250`		`- Py_INCREF(op->func_annotations);`
`251`	`250`	`assert(PyDict_Check(op->func_annotations));`
`252`	`251`	`return op->func_annotations;`
`253`	`252`	`}`
`@@ -474,7 +473,11 @@ func_get_annotations(PyFunctionObject op, void Py_UNUSED(ignored))`
`474`	`473`	`if (op->func_annotations == NULL)`
`475`	`474`	`return NULL;`
`476`	`475`	`}`
`477`		`- return func_get_annotation_dict(op);`
	`476`	`+ PyObject *d = func_get_annotation_dict(op);`
	`477`	`+ if (d) {`
	`478`	`+ Py_INCREF(d);`
	`479`	`+ }`
	`480`	`+ return d;`
`478`	`481`	`}`
`479`	`482`
`480`	`483`	`static int`