diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-01-28-07-10-41.bpo-46561.y3KHGB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-01-28-07-10-41.bpo-46561.y3KHGB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..2f069f61dbc7e1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-01-28-07-10-41.bpo-46561.y3KHGB.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Make sure arguments to __get__ are owned
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index fe3b7b87c8b4b68..014308489cf7967 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -2308,8 +2308,12 @@ _PyObject_LookupSpecial(PyObject *self, PyObject *attr)
         descrgetfunc f;
         if ((f = Py_TYPE(res)->tp_descr_get) == NULL)
             Py_INCREF(res);
-        else
-            res = f(res, self, (PyObject *)(Py_TYPE(self)));
+        else {
+            PyObject* descr = res;
+            Py_INCREF(descr);
+            res = f(descr, self, (PyObject *)(Py_TYPE(self)));
+            Py_DECREF(descr);
+        }
     }
     return res;
 }
@@ -2343,7 +2347,10 @@ lookup_maybe_method(PyObject *self, PyObject *attr, int *unbound)
             Py_INCREF(res);
         }
         else {
+            PyObject* descr = res;
+            Py_INCREF(descr);
             res = f(res, self, (PyObject *)(Py_TYPE(self)));
+            Py_DECREF(descr);
         }
     }
     return res;