diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
index dcd5e0aa345029..10fbdd76e93f79 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/selector_events.py
@@ -235,6 +235,10 @@ async def _accept_connection2(
await waiter
except BaseException:
transport.close()
+ # gh-109534: When an exception is raised by the SSLProtocol object the
+ # exception set in this future can keep the protocol object alive and
+ # cause a reference cycle.
+ waiter = None
raise
# It's now up to the protocol to handle the connection.
diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py b/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py
index 599e91ba0003d1..fa99d4533aa0a6 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/sslproto.py
@@ -579,6 +579,7 @@ def _on_handshake_complete(self, handshake_exc):
peercert = sslobj.getpeercert()
except Exception as exc:
+ handshake_exc = None
self._set_state(SSLProtocolState.UNWRAPPED)
if isinstance(exc, ssl.CertificateError):
msg = 'SSL handshake failed on verifying the certificate'
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-15-18-42-44.gh-issue-109534.wYaLMZ.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-15-18-42-44.gh-issue-109534.wYaLMZ.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fc9a765a230037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-01-15-18-42-44.gh-issue-109534.wYaLMZ.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a reference leak in
+:class:`asyncio.selector_events.BaseSelectorEventLoop` when SSL handshakes
+fail. Patch contributed by Jamie Phan.
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