diff --git a/Lib/test/test_long.py b/Lib/test/test_long.py
index 2de4526ff33..d092e0176c2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_long.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_long.py
@@ -985,6 +985,10 @@ class LongTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual((-1122) >> 9, -3)
         self.assertEqual(2**128 >> 9, 2**119)
         self.assertEqual(-2**128 >> 9, -2**119)
+        # Exercise corner case of the current algorithm, where the result of
+        # shifting a two-limb int by the limb size still has two limbs.
+        self.assertEqual((1 - BASE*BASE) >> SHIFT, -BASE)
+        self.assertEqual((BASE - 1 - BASE*BASE) >> SHIFT, -BASE)
 
     def test_big_rshift(self):
         self.assertEqual(42 >> 32, 0)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-12-09-40-57.gh-issue-46055.IPb1HA.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-12-09-40-57.gh-issue-46055.IPb1HA.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ed7e4113fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-04-12-09-40-57.gh-issue-46055.IPb1HA.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Speed up right shift of negative integers, by removing unnecessary creation
+of temporaries. Original patch by Xinhang Xu, reworked by Mark Dickinson.
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index e805dac1209..78360a58fac 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -4688,13 +4688,23 @@ divmod_shift(PyObject *shiftby, Py_ssize_t *wordshift, digit *remshift)
     return 0;
 }
 
+/* Inner function for both long_rshift and _PyLong_Rshift, shifting an
+   integer right by PyLong_SHIFT*wordshift + remshift bits.
+   wordshift should be nonnegative. */
+
 static PyObject *
 long_rshift1(PyLongObject *a, Py_ssize_t wordshift, digit remshift)
 {
     PyLongObject *z = NULL;
-    Py_ssize_t newsize, hishift, i, j;
+    Py_ssize_t newsize, hishift, size_a;
     twodigits accum;
+    int a_negative;
 
+    /* Total number of bits shifted must be nonnegative. */
+    assert(wordshift >= 0);
+    assert(remshift < PyLong_SHIFT);
+
+    /* Fast path for small a. */
     if (IS_MEDIUM_VALUE(a)) {
         stwodigits m, x;
         digit shift;
@@ -4704,37 +4714,67 @@ long_rshift1(PyLongObject *a, Py_ssize_t wordshift, digit remshift)
         return _PyLong_FromSTwoDigits(x);
     }
 
-    if (Py_SIZE(a) < 0) {
-        /* Right shifting negative numbers is harder */
-        PyLongObject *a1, *a2;
-        a1 = (PyLongObject *) long_invert(a);
-        if (a1 == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        a2 = (PyLongObject *) long_rshift1(a1, wordshift, remshift);
-        Py_DECREF(a1);
-        if (a2 == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        z = (PyLongObject *) long_invert(a2);
-        Py_DECREF(a2);
-    }
-    else {
-        newsize = Py_SIZE(a) - wordshift;
-        if (newsize <= 0)
-            return PyLong_FromLong(0);
-        hishift = PyLong_SHIFT - remshift;
-        z = _PyLong_New(newsize);
-        if (z == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        j = wordshift;
-        accum = a->ob_digit[j++] >> remshift;
-        for (i = 0; j < Py_SIZE(a); i++, j++) {
-            accum |= (twodigits)a->ob_digit[j] << hishift;
-            z->ob_digit[i] = (digit)(accum & PyLong_MASK);
-            accum >>= PyLong_SHIFT;
+    a_negative = Py_SIZE(a) < 0;
+    size_a = Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(a));
+
+    if (a_negative) {
+        /* For negative 'a', adjust so that 0 < remshift <= PyLong_SHIFT,
+           while keeping PyLong_SHIFT*wordshift + remshift the same. This
+           ensures that 'newsize' is computed correctly below. */
+        if (remshift == 0) {
+            if (wordshift == 0) {
+                /* Can only happen if the original shift was 0. */
+                return long_long((PyObject *)a);
+            }
+            remshift = PyLong_SHIFT;
+            --wordshift;
         }
-        z->ob_digit[i] = (digit)accum;
-        z = maybe_small_long(long_normalize(z));
     }
+
+    assert(wordshift >= 0);
+    newsize = size_a - wordshift;
+    if (newsize <= 0) {
+        /* Shifting all the bits of 'a' out gives either -1 or 0. */
+        return PyLong_FromLong(-a_negative);
+    }
+    z = _PyLong_New(newsize);
+    if (z == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    hishift = PyLong_SHIFT - remshift;
+
+    accum = a->ob_digit[wordshift];
+    if (a_negative) {
+        /*
+            For a positive integer a and nonnegative shift, we have:
+
+                (-a) >> shift == -((a + 2**shift - 1) >> shift).
+
+            In the addition `a + (2**shift - 1)`, the low `wordshift` digits of
+            `2**shift - 1` all have value `PyLong_MASK`, so we get a carry out
+            from the bottom `wordshift` digits when at least one of the least
+            significant `wordshift` digits of `a` is nonzero. Digit `wordshift`
+            of `2**shift - 1` has value `PyLong_MASK >> hishift`.
+        */
+        Py_SET_SIZE(z, -newsize);
+
+        digit sticky = 0;
+        for (Py_ssize_t j = 0; j < wordshift; j++) {
+            sticky |= a->ob_digit[j];
+        }
+        accum += (PyLong_MASK >> hishift) + (digit)(sticky != 0);
+    }
+
+    accum >>= remshift;
+    for (Py_ssize_t i = 0, j = wordshift + 1; j < size_a; i++, j++) {
+        accum += (twodigits)a->ob_digit[j] << hishift;
+        z->ob_digit[i] = (digit)(accum & PyLong_MASK);
+        accum >>= PyLong_SHIFT;
+    }
+    assert(accum <= PyLong_MASK);
+    z->ob_digit[newsize - 1] = (digit)accum;
+
+    z = maybe_small_long(long_normalize(z));
     return (PyObject *)z;
 }