diff --git a/Lib/test/test_numeric_tower.py b/Lib/test/test_numeric_tower.py
index 337682d6bac96c..7313c26c9fad84 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_numeric_tower.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_numeric_tower.py
@@ -226,5 +226,30 @@ def test_complex(self):
                 self.assertRaises(TypeError, op, v, z)
 
 
+class IndexMutationDuringNumericOpTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_index_mutates_lhs_type_during_operation(self):
+        import array
+
+        class Good(array.array):
+            pass
+
+        class Hide(type):
+            def mro(cls):
+                return (cls, object)
+
+        class Bad(Good, metaclass=Hide):
+            pass
+
+        arr = Good('b', b'x')
+
+        class Count:
+            def __index__(self):
+                arr.__class__ = Bad
+                return 2
+
+        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+            arr * Count()
+
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-13-07-08-20.gh-issue-142883.Ko9RA-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-13-07-08-20.gh-issue-142883.Ko9RA-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..eb61d27b157038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2026-01-13-07-08-20.gh-issue-142883.Ko9RA-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed a crash during array multiplication when ``__index__`` changes the
+array’s class while the operation is in progress.
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 7f5149aeece12b..c83c16d97a7f43 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -9714,13 +9714,26 @@ wrap_indexargfunc(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, void *wrapped)
     ssizeargfunc func = (ssizeargfunc)wrapped;
     PyObject* o;
     Py_ssize_t i;
+    PyTypeObject *type_before = Py_TYPE(self);
+    Py_INCREF(type_before);
 
-    if (!check_num_args(args, 1))
+    if (!check_num_args(args, 1)){
+        Py_DECREF(type_before);
         return NULL;
+    }
     o = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
     i = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(o, PyExc_OverflowError);
-    if (i == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+    if (i == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()){
+        Py_DECREF(type_before);
         return NULL;
+    }
+    if (Py_TYPE(self) != type_before) {
+        Py_DECREF(type_before);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+                        "object mutated during numeric operation");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    Py_DECREF(type_before);
     return (*func)(self, i);
 }