diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer.h b/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer.h
index 4af1fa63ac1f1a..77a7809c417652 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_optimizer.h
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(_PyExecutorObject*) _Py_GetExecutor(PyCodeObject *code, int offset);
 
 void _Py_ExecutorInit(_PyExecutorObject *, const _PyBloomFilter *);
 void _Py_ExecutorDetach(_PyExecutorObject *);
+int _Py_ExecutorClear(PyObject *);
 void _Py_BloomFilter_Init(_PyBloomFilter *);
 void _Py_BloomFilter_Add(_PyBloomFilter *bloom, void *obj);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_Executor_DependsOn(_PyExecutorObject *executor, void *obj);
diff --git a/Objects/codeobject.c b/Objects/codeobject.c
index 226c64f717dc82..6a7b361304a0d6 100644
--- a/Objects/codeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/codeobject.c
@@ -1697,7 +1697,7 @@ clear_executors(PyCodeObject *co)
     assert(co->co_executors);
     for (int i = 0; i < co->co_executors->size; i++) {
         if (co->co_executors->executors[i]) {
-            _Py_ExecutorDetach(co->co_executors->executors[i]);
+            _Py_ExecutorClear(co->co_executors->executors[i]);
             assert(co->co_executors->executors[i] == NULL);
         }
     }
diff --git a/Python/optimizer.c b/Python/optimizer.c
index f8d0aa04b9e003..2fe3d404137bb4 100644
--- a/Python/optimizer.c
+++ b/Python/optimizer.c
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@ uop_dealloc(PyObject *op) {
     _PyObject_GC_UNTRACK(self);
     assert(self->vm_data.code == NULL);
     unlink_executor(self);
+    for (uint32_t i = 0; i < self->exit_count; i++) {
+        self->exits[i].temperature = initial_unreachable_backoff_counter();
+        Py_CLEAR(self->exits[i].executor);
+    }
 #ifdef _Py_JIT
     _PyJIT_Free(self);
 #endif
@@ -1424,8 +1428,8 @@ _Py_ExecutorDetach(_PyExecutorObject *executor)
     Py_DECREF(executor);
 }
 
-static int
-executor_clear(PyObject *op)
+int
+_Py_ExecutorClear(PyObject *op)
 {
     _PyExecutorObject *executor = _PyExecutorObject_CAST(op);
     if (!executor->vm_data.valid) {
@@ -1448,6 +1452,12 @@ executor_clear(PyObject *op)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+executor_clear(PyObject *executor)
+{
+    return _Py_ExecutorClear(executor);
+}
+
 void
 _Py_Executor_DependsOn(_PyExecutorObject *executor, void *obj)
 {