diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-04-18-20-11.gh-issue-112275.W_iMiB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-04-18-20-11.gh-issue-112275.W_iMiB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d663be1867ed3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-04-18-20-11.gh-issue-112275.W_iMiB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+A deadlock involving ``pystate.c``'s ``HEAD_LOCK`` in ``posixmodule.c``
+at fork is now fixed. Patch by ChuBoning based on previous Python 3.12
+fix by Victor Stinner.
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 7645bcfea97b4f..f498d40e34c3cf 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -589,10 +589,10 @@ PyOS_AfterFork_Child(void)
 {
     _PyRuntimeState *runtime = &_PyRuntime;
     _PyGILState_Reinit(runtime);
+    _PyRuntimeState_ReInitThreads(runtime);
     _PyEval_ReInitThreads(runtime);
     _PyImport_ReInitLock();
     _PySignal_AfterFork();
-    _PyRuntimeState_ReInitThreads(runtime);
     _PyInterpreterState_DeleteExceptMain(runtime);
 
     run_at_forkers(_PyInterpreterState_GET()->after_forkers_child, 0);