diff --git a/Lib/test/test_property.py b/Lib/test/test_property.py
index d07b8632aa8722..05faaba842e22e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_property.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_property.py
@@ -403,6 +403,19 @@ def spam(self):
                 return 2
         self.assertEqual(Foo.spam.__doc__, "a new docstring")
 
+    def test_gh100942(self):
+        # See https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/100942
+        class pro(property):
+            def __new__(typ, *args, **kwargs):
+                return "abcdef"
+
+        p = property.__new__(pro)
+
+        # These lines were causing crashes:
+        p.getter(lambda self: 1)
+        p.setter(lambda self, val: 1)
+        p.deleter(lambda self: 1)
+
 
 class _PropertyUnreachableAttribute:
     msg_format = None
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-01-11-21-41-58.gh-issue-100942._jnwot.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-01-11-21-41-58.gh-issue-100942._jnwot.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8fe47d0dd97bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-01-11-21-41-58.gh-issue-100942._jnwot.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix crash on ``property`` subclasses with weird ``__new__`` methods.
diff --git a/Objects/descrobject.c b/Objects/descrobject.c
index c545b90c6283e1..41c113ae130179 100644
--- a/Objects/descrobject.c
+++ b/Objects/descrobject.c
@@ -1711,8 +1711,11 @@ property_copy(PyObject *old, PyObject *get, PyObject *set, PyObject *del)
     Py_DECREF(type);
     if (new == NULL)
         return NULL;
+    if (PyObject_TypeCheck(new, &PyProperty_Type)) {
+        Py_XSETREF(((propertyobject *) new)->prop_name,
+                   Py_XNewRef(pold->prop_name));
+    }
 
-    Py_XSETREF(((propertyobject *) new)->prop_name, Py_XNewRef(pold->prop_name));
     return new;
 }