diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-00-00-00.gh-issue-159739.5d4269.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-00-00-00.gh-issue-159739.5d4269.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..94ee3cf4790112d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-20-00-00-00.gh-issue-159739.5d4269.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix a double free if remote unwinder initialization runs out of memory.
diff --git a/Modules/_remote_debugging/module.c b/Modules/_remote_debugging/module.c
index 6fa277d1065ed91..efb6d600247bf75 100644
--- a/Modules/_remote_debugging/module.c
+++ b/Modules/_remote_debugging/module.c
@@ -450,7 +450,6 @@ _remote_debugging_RemoteUnwinder___init___impl(RemoteUnwinderObject *self,
         NULL
     );
     if (self->tlbc_cache == NULL) {
-        _Py_hashtable_destroy(self->code_object_cache);
         PyErr_NoMemory();
         set_exception_cause(self, PyExc_MemoryError, "Failed to create TLBC cache");
         return -1;