diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-13-15-08-12.bpo-34110.0vn18S.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-13-15-08-12.bpo-34110.0vn18S.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9a38fbd5cd00c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-07-13-15-08-12.bpo-34110.0vn18S.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix module load problem of cPickle in case of multithreading. Patch by 
+Guoqiang Zhang.
diff --git a/Modules/cPickle.c b/Modules/cPickle.c
index 914ebb3eebeedf..729f8581b4aa77 100644
--- a/Modules/cPickle.c
+++ b/Modules/cPickle.c
@@ -3365,7 +3365,15 @@ find_class(PyObject *py_module_name, PyObject *py_global_name, PyObject *fc)
     if (module == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
+    _PyImport_AcquireLock();
     module = PyDict_GetItem(module, py_module_name);
+    if (_PyImport_ReleaseLock() < 0) {
+        Py_XDECREF(module);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError,
+                        "not holding the import lock");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (module == NULL) {
         module = PyImport_Import(py_module_name);
         if (!module)