diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-19-23-25-29.gh-issue-159811.P6yy0z.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-19-23-25-29.gh-issue-159811.P6yy0z.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bcd76f209e5264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-10-19-23-25-29.gh-issue-159811.P6yy0z.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix a crash in :mod:`hmac` when the OpenSSL routine used by
+:meth:`hmac.HMAC.update` or by :func:`hmac.new` fails on data larger
+than 2048 bytes. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
diff --git a/Modules/_hashopenssl.c b/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
index d23767afeb96cf..393ae8aea12631 100644
--- a/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
@@ -1976,16 +1976,6 @@ hashlib_HMAC_get_hashlib_digest_name(HMACobject *self)
 #endif
 }
 
-static int
-hashlib_openssl_HMAC_update_once(PY_HMAC_CTX_TYPE *ctx, const Py_buffer *v)
-{
-    if (!PY_HMAC_update(ctx, (const unsigned char *)v->buf, (size_t)v->len)) {
-        notify_smart_ssl_error_occurred_in(Py_STRINGIFY(PY_HMAC_update));
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
 /* Thin wrapper around PY_HMAC_CTX_free that allows to pass a NULL 'ctx'. */
 static inline void
 hashlib_openssl_HMAC_CTX_free(PY_HMAC_CTX_TYPE *ctx)
@@ -2240,10 +2230,15 @@ _hmac_update(HMACobject *self, PyObject *obj)
     GET_BUFFER_VIEW_OR_ERROR(obj, &view, return -1);
     HASHLIB_EXTERNAL_INSTRUCTIONS_LOCKED(
         self, view.len,
-        r = hashlib_openssl_HMAC_update_once(self->ctx, &view)
+        r = PY_HMAC_update(self->ctx, (const unsigned char *)view.buf,
+                           (size_t)view.len)
     );
     PyBuffer_Release(&view);
-    return r;
+    if (r == 0) {
+        notify_smart_ssl_error_occurred_in(Py_STRINGIFY(PY_HMAC_update));
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
 }
 
 /*[clinic input]