diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-02-17-11-16.gh-issue-143361.YDnvdC.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-02-17-11-16.gh-issue-143361.YDnvdC.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..df4e3b61c672cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-02-17-11-16.gh-issue-143361.YDnvdC.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Add ``PY_VECTORCALL_ARGUMENTS_OFFSET`` to ``_Py_CallBuiltinClass_StackRefSteal`` to
+avoid redundant allocations
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 924afaa97443cb..d90ac5c69b9e81 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ _Py_CallBuiltinClass_StackRefSteal(
         goto cleanup;
     }
     PyTypeObject *tp = (PyTypeObject *)PyStackRef_AsPyObjectBorrow(callable);
-    res = tp->tp_vectorcall((PyObject *)tp, args_o, total_args, NULL);
+    res = tp->tp_vectorcall((PyObject *)tp, args_o, total_args | PY_VECTORCALL_ARGUMENTS_OFFSET, NULL);
     STACKREFS_TO_PYOBJECTS_CLEANUP(args_o);
     assert((res != NULL) ^ (PyErr_Occurred() != NULL));
 cleanup: