diff --git a/Objects/setobject.c b/Objects/setobject.c
index d8c38ff1c1d899a..522a7c65bfc4d8f 100644
--- a/Objects/setobject.c
+++ b/Objects/setobject.c
@@ -1483,7 +1483,11 @@ frozenset_vectorcall(PyObject *type, PyObject * const*args,
 static PyObject *
 set_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-    return make_new_set(type, NULL);
+    /* Leave GC-untracked until set_init() finishes filling (gh-152235).
+     * The vectorcall path uses make_new_set() and tracks at the end; the
+     * classic tp_new/tp_init path must do the same so a half-built set is
+     * never visible to gc.get_objects() / another thread during __init__. */
+    return make_new_set_untracked(type, NULL);
 }
 
 #ifdef Py_GIL_DISABLED
@@ -2750,6 +2754,7 @@ set_init(PyObject *so, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     PySetObject *self = _PySet_CAST(so);
     PyObject *iterable = NULL;
+    int rv;
 
     if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("set", kwds))
         return -1;
@@ -2759,19 +2764,30 @@ set_init(PyObject *so, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     if (_PyObject_IsUniquelyReferenced((PyObject *)self) && self->fill == 0) {
         self->hash = -1;
         if (iterable == NULL) {
-            return 0;
+            rv = 0;
+        }
+        else {
+            rv = set_update_local(self, iterable);
         }
-        return set_update_local(self, iterable);
     }
-    Py_BEGIN_CRITICAL_SECTION(self);
-    if (self->fill)
-        set_clear_internal((PyObject*)self);
-    self->hash = -1;
-    Py_END_CRITICAL_SECTION();
+    else {
+        Py_BEGIN_CRITICAL_SECTION(self);
+        if (self->fill)
+            set_clear_internal((PyObject*)self);
+        self->hash = -1;
+        Py_END_CRITICAL_SECTION();
 
-    if (iterable == NULL)
-        return 0;
-    return set_update_internal(self, iterable);
+        if (iterable == NULL)
+            rv = 0;
+        else
+            rv = set_update_internal(self, iterable);
+    }
+
+    /* Track only once fully built (pairs with set_new leaving it untracked). */
+    if (rv == 0 && !_PyObject_GC_IS_TRACKED(so)) {
+        _PyObject_GC_TRACK(so);
+    }
+    return rv;
 }
 
 static PyObject*
diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 6da6faf5f28cc3b..7abe6b04eb5ebe9 100644
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -4567,8 +4567,22 @@ _PyImport_LazyImportModuleLevelObject(PyThreadState *tstate,
         }
     }
 
+    // Match __import__: a string fromlist is a sequence of names, not a
+    // single attribute. Normalize to a 1-tuple so resolve() returns the
+    // module (gh-151672).
+    PyObject *fromlist_owned = NULL;
+    if (fromlist != NULL && PyUnicode_Check(fromlist)) {
+        fromlist_owned = PyTuple_Pack(1, fromlist);
+        if (fromlist_owned == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(abs_name);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        fromlist = fromlist_owned;
+    }
+
     // here, 'filter' is either NULL or is equivalent to a borrowed reference
     PyObject *res = _PyLazyImport_New(frame, builtins, abs_name, fromlist);
+    Py_XDECREF(fromlist_owned);
     if (res == NULL) {
         Py_DECREF(abs_name);
         return NULL;
@@ -4580,12 +4594,7 @@ _PyImport_LazyImportModuleLevelObject(PyThreadState *tstate,
         goto error;
     }
 
-    if (fromlist && PyUnicode_Check(fromlist)) {
-        if (register_from_lazy_on_parent(tstate, abs_name, fromlist) < 0) {
-            goto error;
-        }
-    }
-    else if (fromlist && PyTuple_Check(fromlist) &&
+    if (fromlist && PyTuple_Check(fromlist) &&
              PyTuple_GET_SIZE(fromlist)) {
         for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < PyTuple_GET_SIZE(fromlist); i++) {
             if (register_from_lazy_on_parent(tstate, abs_name,