diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
index e450319d4f4..04e7c447d17 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/pool.py
@@ -321,7 +321,11 @@ class Pool(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _handle_workers(pool):
-        while pool._worker_handler._state == RUN and pool._state == RUN:
+        thread = threading.current_thread()
+
+        # Keep maintaining workers until the cache gets drained, unless the pool
+        # is terminated.
+        while thread._state == RUN or (pool._cache and thread._state != TERMINATE):
             pool._maintain_pool()
             time.sleep(0.1)
         # send sentinel to stop workers
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
index 6940d0e2f7e..45bf4549fee 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_multiprocessing.py
@@ -1217,6 +1217,20 @@ class _TestPoolWorkerLifetime(BaseTestCase):
         p.close()
         p.join()
 
+    def test_pool_worker_lifetime_early_close(self):
+        # Issue #10332: closing a pool whose workers have limited lifetimes
+        # before all the tasks completed would make join() hang.
+        p = multiprocessing.Pool(3, maxtasksperchild=1)
+        results = []
+        for i in range(6):
+            results.append(p.apply_async(sqr, (i, 0.3)))
+        p.close()
+        p.join()
+        # check the results
+        for (j, res) in enumerate(results):
+            self.assertEqual(res.get(), sqr(j))
+
+
 #
 # Test that manager has expected number of shared objects left
 #
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3909420e12e..cd8c9bfc551 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.2.3?
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #13018: Fix reference leaks in error paths in dictobject.c.
+  Patch by Suman Saha.
+
 - Issue #1294232: In a few cases involving metaclass inheritance, the
   interpreter would sometimes invoke the wrong metaclass when building a new
   class object. These cases now behave correctly. Patch by Daniel Urban.
@@ -58,6 +61,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #10332: multiprocessing: fix a race condition when a Pool is closed
+  before all tasks have completed.
+
 - Issue #13255: wrong docstrings in array module.
 
 - Issue #9168: now smtpd is able to bind privileged port.
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 3fa5cc4b95b..79894e56049 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -1314,14 +1314,18 @@ dict_fromkeys(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args)
         PyObject *key;
         Py_hash_t hash;
 
-        if (dictresize(mp, Py_SIZE(seq)))
+        if (dictresize(mp, Py_SIZE(seq))) {
+            Py_DECREF(d);
             return NULL;
+        }
 
         while (_PyDict_Next(seq, &pos, &key, &oldvalue, &hash)) {
             Py_INCREF(key);
             Py_INCREF(value);
-            if (insertdict(mp, key, hash, value))
+            if (insertdict(mp, key, hash, value)) {
+                Py_DECREF(d);
                 return NULL;
+            }
         }
         return d;
     }
@@ -1332,14 +1336,18 @@ dict_fromkeys(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args)
         PyObject *key;
         Py_hash_t hash;
 
-        if (dictresize(mp, PySet_GET_SIZE(seq)))
+        if (dictresize(mp, PySet_GET_SIZE(seq))) {
+            Py_DECREF(d);
             return NULL;
+        }
 
         while (_PySet_NextEntry(seq, &pos, &key, &hash)) {
             Py_INCREF(key);
             Py_INCREF(value);
-            if (insertdict(mp, key, hash, value))
+            if (insertdict(mp, key, hash, value)) {
+                Py_DECREF(d);
                 return NULL;
+            }
         }
         return d;
     }