diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-04-18-22-56.gh-issue-143008.z5tw-J.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-04-18-22-56.gh-issue-143008.z5tw-J.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e99bc39c45f9b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-06-04-18-22-56.gh-issue-143008.z5tw-J.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix race conditions when re-initializing a :class:`io.TextIOWrapper` object.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/clinic/textio.c.h b/Modules/_io/clinic/textio.c.h
index 9407076b850cee..8d59bda5f74b38 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/clinic/textio.c.h
+++ b/Modules/_io/clinic/textio.c.h
@@ -666,7 +666,9 @@ _io_TextIOWrapper___init__(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
         goto exit;
     }
 skip_optional_pos:
+    Py_BEGIN_CRITICAL_SECTION(self);
     return_value = _io_TextIOWrapper___init___impl((textio *)self, buffer, encoding, errors, newline, line_buffering, write_through);
+    Py_END_CRITICAL_SECTION();
 
 exit:
     return return_value;
@@ -1329,4 +1331,4 @@ _io_TextIOWrapper__CHUNK_SIZE_set(PyObject *self, PyObject *value, void *Py_UNUS
 
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=f900b42090c9781c input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=8c571c9dba87d2b1 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index e80b75066c59a6..1547c04cdf06af 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -1061,6 +1061,7 @@ io_check_errors(PyObject *errors)
 
 
 /*[clinic input]
+@critical_section
 _io.TextIOWrapper.__init__
     buffer: object
     encoding: str(accept={str, NoneType}) = None
@@ -1104,7 +1105,7 @@ _io_TextIOWrapper___init___impl(textio *self, PyObject *buffer,
                                 const char *encoding, PyObject *errors,
                                 const char *newline, int line_buffering,
                                 int write_through)
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=72267c0c01032ed2 input=e6cfaaaf6059d4f5]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=72267c0c01032ed2 input=0f077220214c40a4]*/
 {
     PyObject *raw, *codec_info = NULL;
     PyObject *res;