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diff --git a/‎Modules/_io/stringio.c
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@@ -1148,6 +1148,21 @@ def test_disallow_instantiation(self):
         _io = self._io
         support.check_disallow_instantiation(self, _io._BytesIOBuffer)
 
+    def test_stringio_setstate(self):
+        # gh-127182: Calling __setstate__() with invalid arguments must not crash
+        obj = self._io.StringIO()
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(
+            TypeError,
+            'initial_value must be str or None, not int',
+        ):
+            obj.__setstate__((1, '', 0, {}))
+
+        obj.__setstate__((None, '', 0, {}))  # should not crash
+        self.assertEqual(obj.getvalue(), '')
+
+        obj.__setstate__(('', '', 0, {}))
+        self.assertEqual(obj.getvalue(), '')
+
 class PyIOTest(IOTest):
     pass
 
 
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :meth:`!io.StringIO.__setstate__` crash, when :const:`None` was passed as
+the first value.
@@ -908,23 +908,25 @@ _io_StringIO___setstate___impl(stringio *self, PyObject *state)
        once by __init__. So we do not take any chance and replace object's
        buffer completely. */
     {
-        PyObject *item;
-        Py_UCS4 *buf;
-        Py_ssize_t bufsize;
-
-        item = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(state, 0);
-        buf = PyUnicode_AsUCS4Copy(item);
-        if (buf == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        bufsize = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(item);
+        PyObject *item = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(state, 0);
+        if (PyUnicode_Check(item)) {
+            Py_UCS4 *buf = PyUnicode_AsUCS4Copy(item);
+            if (buf == NULL)
+                return NULL;
+            Py_ssize_t bufsize = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(item);
 
-        if (resize_buffer(self, bufsize) < 0) {
+            if (resize_buffer(self, bufsize) < 0) {
+                PyMem_Free(buf);
+                return NULL;
+            }
+            memcpy(self->buf, buf, bufsize * sizeof(Py_UCS4));
             PyMem_Free(buf);
-            return NULL;
+            self->string_size = bufsize;
+        }
+        else {
+            assert(item == Py_None);
+            self->string_size = 0;
         }
-        memcpy(self->buf, buf, bufsize * sizeof(Py_UCS4));
-        PyMem_Free(buf);
-        self->string_size = bufsize;
     }
 
     /* Set carefully the position value. Alternatively, we could use the seek
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`@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@`
	`1`	+Fix :meth:`!io.StringIO.__setstate__` crash, when :const:`None` was passed as
	`2`	`+the first value.`