diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-11-22-07-58-00.gh-issue-127119.p9Yv4U.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-11-22-07-58-00.gh-issue-127119.p9Yv4U.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..68b8b1d37cffc1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-11-22-07-58-00.gh-issue-127119.p9Yv4U.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Slightly optimize the :class:`int` deallocator by removing a redundant check.
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 4aa35685b509f2..469937a3cfb2ce 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -3614,9 +3614,13 @@ long_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
 static void
 long_dealloc(PyObject *self)
 {
+#if SIZEOF_VOID_P <= 4 /* same condition as in refcount.h */
+#ifndef Py_GIL_DISABLED
     /* This should never get called, but we also don't want to SEGV if
      * we accidentally decref small Ints out of existence. Instead,
      * since small Ints are immortal, re-set the reference count.
+     *
+     * See PEP 683, section Accidental De-Immortalizing for details
      */
     PyLongObject *pylong = (PyLongObject*)self;
     if (pylong && _PyLong_IsCompact(pylong)) {
@@ -3629,6 +3633,8 @@ long_dealloc(PyObject *self)
             }
         }
     }
+#endif
+#endif
     Py_TYPE(self)->tp_free(self);
 }