diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-16-00-45-42.gh-issue-151510.HJ-kGn.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-16-00-45-42.gh-issue-151510.HJ-kGn.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..cfa5ee8d3839c1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-16-00-45-42.gh-issue-151510.HJ-kGn.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix a crash in :func:`!__lazy_import__` when called without an explicit
+``globals`` argument and without a current Python frame.
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index d5129bf6a5a6bc0..fa64255be00e75d 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -313,6 +313,12 @@ builtin___lazy_import___impl(PyObject *module, PyObject *name,
     PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
     if (globals == NULL) {
         globals = PyEval_GetGlobals();
+        if (globals == NULL) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                            "__lazy_import__() missing globals "
+                            "when called without a frame");
+            return NULL;
+        }
     }
     if (locals == NULL) {
         locals = globals;