From 3453f75bd3255c0ae81587b9fb3242cdcb2f935b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marc Mueller <30130371+cdce8p@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:07:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] gh-148825: Fix build error if specialization is disabled

---
 .../2026-04-21-15-07-03.gh-issue-148825.AbJzmZ.rst            | 1 +
 Python/specialize.c                                           | 4 +++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-21-15-07-03.gh-issue-148825.AbJzmZ.rst

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-21-15-07-03.gh-issue-148825.AbJzmZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-21-15-07-03.gh-issue-148825.AbJzmZ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5cf727b5d91fad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-04-21-15-07-03.gh-issue-148825.AbJzmZ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix build error if specialization is disabled.
diff --git a/Python/specialize.c b/Python/specialize.c
index 793bac58adf41a..8731cebc0059fc 100644
--- a/Python/specialize.c
+++ b/Python/specialize.c
@@ -112,8 +112,10 @@ _PyCode_Quicken(_Py_CODEUNIT *instructions, Py_ssize_t size, int enable_counters
         }
     }
     #else
+    int opcode = 0;
     for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < size-1; i++) {
-        if (instructions[i].op.code == GET_ITER) {
+        opcode = instructions[i].op.code;
+        if (opcode == GET_ITER) {
             fixup_getiter(&instructions[i], flags);
         }
         i += _PyOpcode_Caches[opcode];