diff --git a/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_queues.py b/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_queues.py
index 77334aea3836b9..e5761d4ad8b5bd 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_queues.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_interpreters/test_queues.py
@@ -381,6 +381,44 @@ def test_put_get_full_fallback(self):
                 self.assertEqual(obj, obj2)
                 self.assertIsNot(obj, obj2)
 
+    def _check_unpickle_attributeerror_arg(self, arg):
+        # Cross an object through a queue where get() must re-import its
+        # class via a module __getattr__ that raises AttributeError(arg).
+        source = dedent("""
+            _attrerr_arg = None
+
+            class Thing:
+                pass
+
+            def break_module(mod, arg):
+                del mod.Thing
+                mod._attrerr_arg = arg
+                def __getattr__(name):
+                    raise AttributeError(mod._attrerr_arg)
+                mod.__getattr__ = __getattr__
+            """)
+        with import_helper.ready_to_import('_xi_attrerr', source) as (name, _):
+            mod = importlib.import_module(name)
+            queue = queues.create()
+            queue.put(mod.Thing())
+            mod.break_module(mod, arg)
+            with self.assertRaises(interpreters.NotShareableError):
+                queue.get()
+
+    def test_get_unpickle_fails_with_bad_attributeerror_arg(self):
+        # gh-151862: an AttributeError arg that can't be UTF-8 encoded used
+        # to crash (NULL deref); covers both non-str and surrogate-str args.
+        for arg in [42, b'x', None, '\ud800']:
+            with self.subTest(arg=arg):
+                self._check_unpickle_attributeerror_arg(arg)
+
+    def test_get_unpickle_fails_with_str_attributeerror_arg(self):
+        # Positive control: a normal str arg (incl. the real missing-__main__
+        # message) must not crash, locking in the non-NULL strncmp() path.
+        for arg in ['boom', "module '__main__' has no attribute 'Thing'"]:
+            with self.subTest(arg=arg):
+                self._check_unpickle_attributeerror_arg(arg)
+
     def test_put_get_same_interpreter(self):
         interp = interpreters.create()
         interp.exec(dedent("""
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-21-12-00-00.gh-issue-151862.Xq7vTm.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-21-12-00-00.gh-issue-151862.Xq7vTm.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..95b2a89a4a3aa0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-06-21-12-00-00.gh-issue-151862.Xq7vTm.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fixed a crash (``NULL`` dereference) when an object passed between
+interpreters via :mod:`concurrent.interpreters` fails to unpickle with an
+:exc:`AttributeError` whose first argument is not a string.
diff --git a/Python/crossinterp.c b/Python/crossinterp.c
index 6b489bf03f86ec..2d11d7442cf283 100644
--- a/Python/crossinterp.c
+++ b/Python/crossinterp.c
@@ -664,6 +664,11 @@ check_missing___main___attr(PyObject *exc)
         }
     }
     const char *err = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(msgobj);
+    if (err == NULL) {
+        PyErr_Clear();
+        Py_DECREF(msgobj);
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     // Check if it's a missing __main__ attr.
     int cmp = strncmp(err, "module '__main__' has no attribute '", 36);