diff --git a/Modules/_asynciomodule.c b/Modules/_asynciomodule.c
index 27e6e67e3c9386..5f9181395c4828 100644
--- a/Modules/_asynciomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_asynciomodule.c
@@ -185,6 +185,10 @@ typedef struct {
     /* Counter for autogenerated Task names */
     uint64_t task_name_counter;
 
+    /* Pointer to the asyncio debug offset to avoid it to be optimized away
+       by the compiler */
+    void *debug_offsets;
+
 } asyncio_state;
 
 static inline asyncio_state *
@@ -4320,6 +4324,8 @@ module_init(asyncio_state *state)
         goto fail;
     }
 
+    state->debug_offsets = &_AsyncioDebug;
+
     Py_DECREF(module);
     return 0;