diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-02-28-18-39-49.gh-issue-130382.JPQQZV.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-02-28-18-39-49.gh-issue-130382.JPQQZV.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..effa514c713e56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2025-02-28-18-39-49.gh-issue-130382.JPQQZV.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+The interpreter now correctly issues :c:data:`PyRefTracer_DESTROY` for
+deallocated objects.
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 0a3b30513733bd..7f1ee61251ebc4 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
         } \
         _Py_DECREF_STAT_INC(); \
         if (--op->ob_refcnt == 0) { \
+            _PyReftracerTrack(op, PyRefTracer_DESTROY); \
             destructor dealloc = Py_TYPE(op)->tp_dealloc; \
             (*dealloc)(op); \
         } \