diff --git a/Include/cpython/pystate.h b/Include/cpython/pystate.h
@@ -149,6 +149,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) _PyThreadState_Prealloc(PyInterpreterState *);
 * if it is NULL. */
PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) _PyThreadState_UncheckedGet(void);

/* PyGILState */

/* Helper/diagnostic function - return 1 if the current thread

diff --git a/Modules/_asynciomodule.c b/Modules/_asynciomodule.c
@@ -236,12 +236,13 @@ get_running_loop(PyObject **loop)
        rl = cached_running_holder;  // borrowed
    }
    else {
-        if (ts->dict == NULL) {
            goto not_found;
        }

        rl = _PyDict_GetItemIdWithError(
-            ts->dict, &PyId___asyncio_running_event_loop__);  // borrowed
        if (rl == NULL) {
            if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
                goto error;

diff --git a/Python/pystate.c b/Python/pystate.c
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
#include "Python.h"
#include "pycore_ceval.h"
#include "pycore_initconfig.h"
#include "pycore_pymem.h"
#include "pycore_pystate.h"
-#include "pycore_pylifecycle.h"

/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------
CAUTION
@@ -979,20 +980,28 @@ PyThreadState_Swap(PyThreadState *newts)
   PyThreadState_GetDict() returns NULL, an exception has *not* been raised
   and the caller should assume no per-thread state is available. */

PyObject *
PyThreadState_GetDict(void)
{
    PyThreadState *tstate = _PyThreadState_GET();
-    if (tstate == NULL)
        return NULL;
-
-    if (tstate->dict == NULL) {
-        PyObject *d;
-        tstate->dict = d = PyDict_New();
-        if (d == NULL)
-            PyErr_Clear();
    }
-    return tstate->dict;
}