diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-02-16-23-19-01.gh-issue-101967.Kqr1dz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-02-16-23-19-01.gh-issue-101967.Kqr1dz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6e681f910f5359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-02-16-23-19-01.gh-issue-101967.Kqr1dz.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix possible segfault in ``positional_only_passed_as_keyword`` function, when new list created.
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 01ac2618df0d9d..96d215aba80058 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -6006,7 +6006,9 @@ positional_only_passed_as_keyword(PyThreadState *tstate, PyCodeObject *co,
 {
     int posonly_conflicts = 0;
     PyObject* posonly_names = PyList_New(0);
-
+    if (posonly_names == NULL) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
     for(int k=0; k < co->co_posonlyargcount; k++){
         PyObject* posonly_name = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(co->co_localsplusnames, k);