diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-12-10-40-57.gh-issue-148418.ggA1LZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-12-10-40-57.gh-issue-148418.ggA1LZ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d58837f39799fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-12-10-40-57.gh-issue-148418.ggA1LZ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a possible reference leak in a corrupted ``TYPE_CODE`` marshal stream
diff --git a/Python/marshal.c b/Python/marshal.c
index b60a36e128cd9f..6a815fa01958e2 100644
--- a/Python/marshal.c
+++ b/Python/marshal.c
@@ -1599,7 +1599,7 @@ r_object(RFILE *p)
                 goto code_error;
             firstlineno = (int)r_long(p);
             if (firstlineno == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
-                break;
+                goto code_error;
             linetable = r_object(p);
             if (linetable == NULL)
                 goto code_error;