diff --git a/Include/cpython/pystate.h b/Include/cpython/pystate.h
index 7f2378ae76fe5c..decafde474b029 100644
--- a/Include/cpython/pystate.h
+++ b/Include/cpython/pystate.h
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ struct _ts {
  * if it is NULL. */
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyThreadState *) PyThreadState_GetUnchecked(void);
 
+// Alias kept for backward compatibility
+#define _PyThreadState_UncheckedGet PyThreadState_GetUnchecked
+
 
 // Disable tracing and profiling.
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyThreadState_EnterTracing(PyThreadState *tstate);
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-11-15-18-36-21.gh-issue-112026._Yybr5.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-11-15-18-36-21.gh-issue-112026._Yybr5.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0c39c78a78d1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2023-11-15-18-36-21.gh-issue-112026._Yybr5.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Add again the private ``_PyThreadState_UncheckedGet()`` function as an alias
+to the new public :c:func:`PyThreadState_GetUnchecked` function. Patch by
+Victor Stinner.