Issue #27736: Prevent segfault after interpreter re-initialization due

to ref count problem introduced in code for Issue #27038 in 3.6.0a3.
Patch by Xiang Zhang.

Misc/NEWS

@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #27736: Prevent segfault after interpreter re-initialization due
+  to ref count problem introduced in code for Issue #27038 in 3.6.0a3.
+  Patch by Xiang Zhang.
+
 - Issue #12345: Add mathemathcal constant tau to math and cmath. See also
   PEP 628.
 

Modules/posixmodule.c

@@ -13355,6 +13355,8 @@ INITFUNC(void)
         Py_DECREF(unicode);
     }
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "_have_functions", list);
+
+    Py_INCREF((PyObject *) &DirEntryType);
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "DirEntry", (PyObject *)&DirEntryType);
 
     initialized = 1;