diff --git a/Modules/clinic/itertoolsmodule.c.h b/Modules/clinic/itertoolsmodule.c.h
index 55db7e6bb1bc127..17581efa09d62e4 100644
--- a/Modules/clinic/itertoolsmodule.c.h
+++ b/Modules/clinic/itertoolsmodule.c.h
@@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ itertools_cycle(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     PyObject *return_value = NULL;
     PyObject *iterable;
 
-    if ((type == &cycle_type ||
-         type->tp_init == cycle_type.tp_init) &&
+    if ((type == clinic_state()->cycle_type ||
+         type->tp_init == clinic_state()->cycle_type->tp_init) &&
         !_PyArg_NoKeywords("cycle", kwargs)) {
         goto exit;
     }
@@ -913,4 +913,4 @@ itertools_count(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 exit:
     return return_value;
 }
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=22eb8d1eeaaa805f input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=1dcd0a1d663ade43 input=a9049054013a1b77]*/
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index d16591538e76dd0..3a249c38aa8f009 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 */
 
 typedef struct {
+    PyTypeObject *cycle_type;
     PyTypeObject *groupby_type;
     PyTypeObject *_grouper_type;
 } itertools_state;
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ class itertools._grouper "_grouperobject *" "clinic_state()->_grouper_type"
 class itertools.teedataobject "teedataobject *" "&teedataobject_type"
 class itertools._tee "teeobject *" "&tee_type"
 class itertools.batched "batchedobject *" "&batched_type"
-class itertools.cycle "cycleobject *" "&cycle_type"
+class itertools.cycle "cycleobject *" "clinic_state()->cycle_type"
 class itertools.dropwhile "dropwhileobject *" "&dropwhile_type"
 class itertools.takewhile "takewhileobject *" "&takewhile_type"
 class itertools.starmap "starmapobject *" "&starmap_type"
@@ -54,12 +55,11 @@ class itertools.filterfalse "filterfalseobject *" "&filterfalse_type"
 class itertools.count "countobject *" "&count_type"
 class itertools.pairwise "pairwiseobject *" "&pairwise_type"
 [clinic start generated code]*/
-/*[clinic end generated code: output=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d input=424108522584b55b]*/
+/*[clinic end generated code: output=da39a3ee5e6b4b0d input=b73cdca8e1fddfb5]*/
 
 static PyTypeObject teedataobject_type;
 static PyTypeObject tee_type;
 static PyTypeObject batched_type;
-static PyTypeObject cycle_type;
 static PyTypeObject dropwhile_type;
 static PyTypeObject takewhile_type;
 static PyTypeObject starmap_type;
@@ -1273,15 +1273,18 @@ itertools_cycle_impl(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *iterable)
 static void
 cycle_dealloc(cycleobject *lz)
 {
+    PyTypeObject *tp = Py_TYPE(lz);
     PyObject_GC_UnTrack(lz);
     Py_XDECREF(lz->it);
     Py_XDECREF(lz->saved);
-    Py_TYPE(lz)->tp_free(lz);
+    tp->tp_free(lz);
+    Py_DECREF(tp);
 }
 
 static int
 cycle_traverse(cycleobject *lz, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
+    Py_VISIT(Py_TYPE(lz));
     Py_VISIT(lz->it);
     Py_VISIT(lz->saved);
     return 0;
@@ -1368,48 +1371,25 @@ static PyMethodDef cycle_methods[] = {
     {NULL,              NULL}   /* sentinel */
 };
 
-static PyTypeObject cycle_type = {
-    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
-    "itertools.cycle",                  /* tp_name */
-    sizeof(cycleobject),                /* tp_basicsize */
-    0,                                  /* tp_itemsize */
-    /* methods */
-    (destructor)cycle_dealloc,          /* tp_dealloc */
-    0,                                  /* tp_vectorcall_offset */
-    0,                                  /* tp_getattr */
-    0,                                  /* tp_setattr */
-    0,                                  /* tp_as_async */
-    0,                                  /* tp_repr */
-    0,                                  /* tp_as_number */
-    0,                                  /* tp_as_sequence */
-    0,                                  /* tp_as_mapping */
-    0,                                  /* tp_hash */
-    0,                                  /* tp_call */
-    0,                                  /* tp_str */
-    PyObject_GenericGetAttr,            /* tp_getattro */
-    0,                                  /* tp_setattro */
-    0,                                  /* tp_as_buffer */
-    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC |
-        Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE,            /* tp_flags */
-    itertools_cycle__doc__,             /* tp_doc */
-    (traverseproc)cycle_traverse,       /* tp_traverse */
-    0,                                  /* tp_clear */
-    0,                                  /* tp_richcompare */
-    0,                                  /* tp_weaklistoffset */
-    PyObject_SelfIter,                  /* tp_iter */
-    (iternextfunc)cycle_next,           /* tp_iternext */
-    cycle_methods,                      /* tp_methods */
-    0,                                  /* tp_members */
-    0,                                  /* tp_getset */
-    0,                                  /* tp_base */
-    0,                                  /* tp_dict */
-    0,                                  /* tp_descr_get */
-    0,                                  /* tp_descr_set */
-    0,                                  /* tp_dictoffset */
-    0,                                  /* tp_init */
-    0,                                  /* tp_alloc */
-    itertools_cycle,                    /* tp_new */
-    PyObject_GC_Del,                    /* tp_free */
+static PyType_Slot cycle_slots[] = {
+    {Py_tp_dealloc, cycle_dealloc},
+    {Py_tp_getattro, PyObject_GenericGetAttr},
+    {Py_tp_doc, (void *)itertools_cycle__doc__},
+    {Py_tp_traverse, cycle_traverse},
+    {Py_tp_iter, PyObject_SelfIter},
+    {Py_tp_iternext, cycle_next},
+    {Py_tp_methods, cycle_methods},
+    {Py_tp_new, itertools_cycle},
+    {Py_tp_free, PyObject_GC_Del},
+    {0, NULL},
+};
+
+static PyType_Spec cycle_spec = {
+    .name = "itertools.cycle",
+    .basicsize = sizeof(cycleobject),
+    .flags = (Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE |
+              Py_TPFLAGS_IMMUTABLETYPE),
+    .slots = cycle_slots,
 };
 
 
@@ -4962,6 +4942,7 @@ static int
 itertoolsmodule_traverse(PyObject *mod, visitproc visit, void *arg)
 {
     itertools_state *state = get_module_state(mod);
+    Py_VISIT(state->cycle_type);
     Py_VISIT(state->groupby_type);
     Py_VISIT(state->_grouper_type);
     return 0;
@@ -4971,6 +4952,7 @@ static int
 itertoolsmodule_clear(PyObject *mod)
 {
     itertools_state *state = get_module_state(mod);
+    Py_CLEAR(state->cycle_type);
     Py_CLEAR(state->groupby_type);
     Py_CLEAR(state->_grouper_type);
     return 0;
@@ -4997,6 +4979,7 @@ static int
 itertoolsmodule_exec(PyObject *mod)
 {
     itertools_state *state = get_module_state(mod);
+    ADD_TYPE(mod, state->cycle_type, &cycle_spec);
     ADD_TYPE(mod, state->groupby_type, &groupby_spec);
     ADD_TYPE(mod, state->_grouper_type, &_grouper_spec);
 
@@ -5005,7 +4988,6 @@ itertoolsmodule_exec(PyObject *mod)
         &batched_type,
         &combinations_type,
         &cwr_type,
-        &cycle_type,
         &dropwhile_type,
         &takewhile_type,
         &islice_type,