diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-11-16-11-11-35.gh-issue-126881.ijofLZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-11-16-11-11-35.gh-issue-126881.ijofLZ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..13381c7630d7ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-11-16-11-11-35.gh-issue-126881.ijofLZ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix crash in finalization of dtoa state. Patch by Kumar Aditya.
diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index 23882d083844ac..ceb30e9f02df2c 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -1888,7 +1888,6 @@ finalize_interp_clear(PyThreadState *tstate)
     _PyXI_Fini(tstate->interp);
     _PyExc_ClearExceptionGroupType(tstate->interp);
     _Py_clear_generic_types(tstate->interp);
-    _PyDtoa_Fini(tstate->interp);
 
     /* Clear interpreter state and all thread states */
     _PyInterpreterState_Clear(tstate);
@@ -1910,6 +1909,9 @@ finalize_interp_clear(PyThreadState *tstate)
 
     finalize_interp_types(tstate->interp);
 
+    /* Finalize dtoa at last so that finalizers calling repr of float doesn't crash */
+    _PyDtoa_Fini(tstate->interp);
+
     /* Free any delayed free requests immediately */
     _PyMem_FiniDelayed(tstate->interp);