diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index a687bf2f7cdd74..7aaa8da8e8d154 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -1238,7 +1238,11 @@ PyType_HasFeature(PyTypeObject *type, unsigned long feature)
     // PyTypeObject is opaque in the limited C API
     flags = PyType_GetFlags(type);
 #else
-    flags = type->tp_flags;
+#   ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
+        flags = _Py_atomic_load_ulong_relaxed(&type->tp_flags);
+#   else
+        flags = type->tp_flags;
+#   endif
 #endif
     return ((flags & feature) != 0);
 }
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 1f6c2828f1c697..1123ef6eb3d9b2 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3435,7 +3435,7 @@ type_init(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 unsigned long
 PyType_GetFlags(PyTypeObject *type)
 {
-    return type->tp_flags;
+    return FT_ATOMIC_LOAD_ULONG_RELAXED(type->tp_flags);
 }