diff -r ebec1a98ab81 Modules/_pickle.c
--- a/Modules/_pickle.c	Mon Nov 23 16:44:30 2015 +0200
+++ b/Modules/_pickle.c	Tue Nov 24 22:47:05 2015 +0200
@@ -5067,18 +5067,12 @@ load_counted_tuple(UnpicklerObject *self
 {
     PyObject *tuple;
 
-    tuple = PyTuple_New(len);
+    if (Py_SIZE(self->stack) < len)
+        return stack_underflow();
+
+    tuple = Pdata_poptuple(self->stack, Py_SIZE(self->stack) - len);
     if (tuple == NULL)
         return -1;
-
-    while (--len >= 0) {
-        PyObject *item;
-
-        PDATA_POP(self->stack, item);
-        if (item == NULL)
-            return -1;
-        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, len, item);
-    }
     PDATA_PUSH(self->stack, tuple, -1);
     return 0;
 }