diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 245910e58b..b1b4f7138e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -321,6 +321,10 @@ Release date: TBA
 
  Relates to #6531
 
+* Fix a crash when accessing ``__code__`` and assigning it to a variable.
+
+  Closes #6539
+
 
 What's New in Pylint 2.13.8?
 ============================
diff --git a/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst b/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
index b7a3eeff49..633d9233f3 100644
--- a/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
+++ b/doc/whatsnew/2.13.rst
@@ -635,6 +635,10 @@ Other Changes
 
   Closes #3979
 
+* Fix a crash when accessing ``__code__`` and assigning it to a variable.
+
+  Closes #6539
+
 * Fix a crash when linting a file that passes an integer ``mode=`` to
   ``open``
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py b/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py
index 355969f39a..ec2b2769be 100644
--- a/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py
+++ b/tests/functional/i/invalid/invalid_name/invalid_name_module_level.py
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ def A():  # [invalid-name]
 CONSTD = A()
 
 CONST = "12 34 ".rstrip().split()
+
+
+assignment_that_crashed_pylint = type(float.__new__.__code__)