diff --git a/benches/bench_tuple.rs b/benches/bench_tuple.rs
index 07d7fe2dbda..9941b901db7 100644
--- a/benches/bench_tuple.rs
+++ b/benches/bench_tuple.rs
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ fn tuple_to_list(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     });
 }
 
+fn tuple_into_py(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
+    Python::with_gil(|py| {
+        b.iter(|| -> PyObject { (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12).into_py(py) });
+    });
+}
+
 fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
     c.bench_function("iter_tuple", iter_tuple);
     c.bench_function("tuple_new", tuple_new);
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@ fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
     c.bench_function("sequence_from_tuple", sequence_from_tuple);
     c.bench_function("tuple_new_list", tuple_new_list);
     c.bench_function("tuple_to_list", tuple_to_list);
+    c.bench_function("tuple_into_py", tuple_into_py);
 }
 
 criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
diff --git a/src/types/tuple.rs b/src/types/tuple.rs
index 14c32a27f2b..e06210af11a 100644
--- a/src/types/tuple.rs
+++ b/src/types/tuple.rs
@@ -284,22 +284,24 @@ fn wrong_tuple_length(t: &PyTuple, expected_length: usize) -> PyErr {
 macro_rules! tuple_conversion ({$length:expr,$(($refN:ident, $n:tt, $T:ident)),+} => {
     impl <$($T: ToPyObject),+> ToPyObject for ($($T,)+) {
         fn to_object(&self, py: Python<'_>) -> PyObject {
-            unsafe {
-                let ptr = ffi::PyTuple_New($length);
-                let ret = PyObject::from_owned_ptr(py, ptr);
-                $(ffi::PyTuple_SetItem(ptr, $n, self.$n.to_object(py).into_ptr());)+
-                ret
+            #[inline]
+            fn inner(py: Python<'_>, $($refN: PyObject),+) -> PyObject {
+                unsafe {
+                    PyObject::from_owned_ptr(py, ffi::PyTuple_Pack($length, $($refN.as_ptr()),+))
+                }
             }
+            inner(py, $(self.$n.to_object(py)),+)
         }
     }
     impl <$($T: IntoPy<PyObject>),+> IntoPy<PyObject> for ($($T,)+) {
         fn into_py(self, py: Python<'_>) -> PyObject {
-            unsafe {
-                let ptr = ffi::PyTuple_New($length);
-                let ret =  PyObject::from_owned_ptr(py, ptr);
-                $(ffi::PyTuple_SetItem(ptr, $n, self.$n.into_py(py).into_ptr());)+
-               ret
+            #[inline]
+            fn inner(py: Python<'_>, $($refN: PyObject),+) -> PyObject {
+                unsafe {
+                    Py::from_owned_ptr(py, ffi::PyTuple_Pack($length, $($refN.as_ptr()),+))
+                }
             }
+            inner(py, $(self.$n.into_py(py)),+)
         }
 
         #[cfg(feature = "experimental-inspect")]
@@ -310,12 +312,13 @@ fn type_output() -> TypeInfo {
 
     impl <$($T: IntoPy<PyObject>),+> IntoPy<Py<PyTuple>> for ($($T,)+) {
         fn into_py(self, py: Python<'_>) -> Py<PyTuple> {
-            unsafe {
-                let ptr = ffi::PyTuple_New($length);
-                let ret = Py::from_owned_ptr(py, ptr);
-                $(ffi::PyTuple_SetItem(ptr, $n, self.$n.into_py(py).into_ptr());)+
-                ret
+            #[inline]
+            fn inner(py: Python<'_>, $($refN: PyObject),+) -> Py<PyTuple> {
+                unsafe {
+                    Py::from_owned_ptr(py, ffi::PyTuple_Pack($length, $($refN.as_ptr()),+))
+                }
             }
+            inner(py, $(self.$n.into_py(py)),+)
         }
 
         #[cfg(feature = "experimental-inspect")]