diff --git a/crates/stdlib/src/faulthandler.rs b/crates/stdlib/src/faulthandler.rs
index b8d7fe9f91b..265bcf9ca6d 100644
--- a/crates/stdlib/src/faulthandler.rs
+++ b/crates/stdlib/src/faulthandler.rs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ mod decl {
     /// Dump a single frame's info to fd (signal-safe), reading live data.
     #[cfg(any(unix, windows))]
     fn dump_frame_from_raw(fd: i32, frame: &Frame) {
-        let filename = frame.code.source_path.as_str();
+        let filename = frame.code.source_path().as_str();
         let funcname = frame.code.obj_name.as_str();
         let lasti = frame.lasti();
         let lineno = if lasti == 0 {
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ mod decl {
     #[cfg(any(unix, windows))]
     fn dump_frame_from_ref(fd: i32, frame: &crate::vm::PyRef<Frame>) {
         let funcname = frame.code.obj_name.as_str();
-        let filename = frame.code.source_path.as_str();
+        let filename = frame.code.source_path().as_str();
         let lineno = if frame.lasti() == 0 {
             frame.code.first_line_number.map(|n| n.get()).unwrap_or(1) as u32
         } else {
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/builtins/code.rs b/crates/vm/src/builtins/code.rs
index 932100db94f..bf6cf7071cc 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/builtins/code.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/builtins/code.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use alloc::fmt;
 use core::{borrow::Borrow, ops::Deref};
 use malachite_bigint::BigInt;
 use num_traits::Zero;
+use rustpython_common::lock::PyMutex;
 use rustpython_compiler_core::{OneIndexed, bytecode::CodeUnits, bytecode::PyCodeLocationInfoKind};
 
 /// State for iterating through code address ranges
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ impl<B: AsRef<[u8]>> IntoCodeObject for frozen::FrozenCodeObject<B> {
 #[pyclass(module = false, name = "code")]
 pub struct PyCode {
     pub code: CodeObject,
+    source_path: PyMutex<&'static PyStrInterned>,
 }
 
 impl Deref for PyCode {
@@ -333,8 +335,20 @@ impl Deref for PyCode {
 }
 
 impl PyCode {
-    pub const fn new(code: CodeObject) -> Self {
-        Self { code }
+    pub fn new(code: CodeObject) -> Self {
+        let sp = code.source_path;
+        Self {
+            code,
+            source_path: PyMutex::new(sp),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn source_path(&self) -> &'static PyStrInterned {
+        *self.source_path.lock()
+    }
+
+    pub fn set_source_path(&self, new: &'static PyStrInterned) {
+        *self.source_path.lock() = new;
     }
     pub fn from_pyc_path(path: &std::path::Path, vm: &VirtualMachine) -> PyResult<PyRef<Self>> {
         let name = match path.file_stem() {
@@ -397,7 +411,7 @@ impl Representable for PyCode {
             "<code object {} at {:#x} file {:?}, line {}>",
             code.obj_name,
             zelf.get_id(),
-            code.source_path.as_str(),
+            zelf.source_path().as_str(),
             code.first_line_number.map_or(-1, |n| n.get() as i32)
         ))
     }
@@ -572,7 +586,7 @@ impl PyCode {
 
     #[pygetset]
     pub fn co_filename(&self) -> PyStrRef {
-        self.code.source_path.to_owned()
+        self.source_path().to_owned()
     }
 
     #[pygetset]
@@ -906,7 +920,7 @@ impl PyCode {
 
         let source_path = match co_filename {
             OptionalArg::Present(source_path) => source_path,
-            OptionalArg::Missing => self.code.source_path.to_owned(),
+            OptionalArg::Missing => self.source_path().to_owned(),
         };
 
         let first_line_number = match co_firstlineno {
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/builtins/traceback.rs b/crates/vm/src/builtins/traceback.rs
index ff88a03f7de..66d999b26b4 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/builtins/traceback.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/builtins/traceback.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ impl serde::Serialize for PyTraceback {
         let mut struc = s.serialize_struct("PyTraceback", 3)?;
         struc.serialize_field("name", self.frame.code.obj_name.as_str())?;
         struc.serialize_field("lineno", &self.lineno.get())?;
-        struc.serialize_field("filename", self.frame.code.source_path.as_str())?;
+        struc.serialize_field("filename", self.frame.code.source_path().as_str())?;
         struc.end()
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/exceptions.rs b/crates/vm/src/exceptions.rs
index 9c559945a59..3a1652a28de 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/exceptions.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/exceptions.rs
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ fn write_traceback_entry<W: Write>(
     output: &mut W,
     tb_entry: &Py<PyTraceback>,
 ) -> Result<(), W::Error> {
-    let filename = tb_entry.frame.code.source_path.as_str();
+    let filename = tb_entry.frame.code.source_path().as_str();
     writeln!(
         output,
         r##"  File "{}", line {}, in {}"##,
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/frame.rs b/crates/vm/src/frame.rs
index 91b0f59b46c..df726b5f684 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/frame.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/frame.rs
@@ -3223,7 +3223,7 @@ impl ExecutingFrame<'_> {
                 self.lasti(),
                 self.code.obj_name,
                 op_name,
-                self.code.source_path
+                self.code.source_path()
             );
         }
         self.state.stack.drain(stack_len - count..).map(|obj| {
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/import.rs b/crates/vm/src/import.rs
index 31752dabb03..d61a018bb00 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/import.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/import.rs
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ pub fn import_code_obj(
     if set_file_attr {
         attrs.set_item(
             identifier!(vm, __file__),
-            code_obj.source_path.to_object(),
+            code_obj.source_path().to_object(),
             vm,
         )?;
     }
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ fn remove_importlib_frames_inner(
         return (None, false);
     };
 
-    let file_name = traceback.frame.code.source_path.as_str();
+    let file_name = traceback.frame.code.source_path().as_str();
 
     let (inner_tb, mut now_in_importlib) =
         remove_importlib_frames_inner(vm, traceback.next.lock().clone(), always_trim);
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs
index c140d7cdcaf..cf9aba02265 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/imp.rs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ mod _imp {
 
     #[pyfunction]
     fn _fix_co_filename(code: PyRef<PyCode>, path: PyStrRef, vm: &VirtualMachine) {
-        let old_name = code.code.source_path;
+        let old_name = code.source_path();
         let new_name = vm.ctx.intern_str(path.as_str());
         super::update_code_filenames(&code, old_name, new_name);
     }
@@ -288,18 +288,11 @@ fn update_code_filenames(
     old_name: &'static PyStrInterned,
     new_name: &'static PyStrInterned,
 ) {
-    if !core::ptr::eq(code.code.source_path, old_name)
-        && code.code.source_path.as_str() != old_name.as_str()
-    {
+    let current = code.source_path();
+    if !core::ptr::eq(current, old_name) && current.as_str() != old_name.as_str() {
         return;
     }
-    // SAFETY: called during import before the code object is shared.
-    // Mutates co_filename in place.
-    #[allow(invalid_reference_casting)]
-    unsafe {
-        let source_path_ptr = &code.code.source_path as *const _ as *mut &'static PyStrInterned;
-        core::ptr::write_volatile(source_path_ptr, new_name);
-    }
+    code.set_source_path(new_name);
     for constant in code.code.constants.iter() {
         let obj: &crate::PyObject = constant.borrow();
         if let Some(inner_code) = obj.downcast_ref::<PyCode>() {
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs
index c6af68f476a..b15c0e80404 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/stdlib/io.rs
@@ -4971,7 +4971,7 @@ mod _io {
                     && let Some(frame) = vm.current_frame()
                     && let Some(stdlib_dir) = vm.state.config.paths.stdlib_dir.as_deref()
                 {
-                    let path = frame.code.source_path.as_str();
+                    let path = frame.code.source_path().as_str();
                     if !path.starts_with(stdlib_dir) {
                         stacklevel = stacklevel.saturating_sub(1);
                     }
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/vm/context.rs b/crates/vm/src/vm/context.rs
index faf14a78664..db5406f045f 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/vm/context.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/vm/context.rs
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ impl Context {
 
     pub fn new_code(&self, code: impl code::IntoCodeObject) -> PyRef<PyCode> {
         let code = code.into_code_object(self);
-        PyRef::new_ref(PyCode { code }, self.types.code_type.to_owned(), None)
+        PyRef::new_ref(PyCode::new(code), self.types.code_type.to_owned(), None)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/vm/src/warn.rs b/crates/vm/src/warn.rs
index 47e6f5af9c5..b4406ff5246 100644
--- a/crates/vm/src/warn.rs
+++ b/crates/vm/src/warn.rs
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ fn setup_context(
     }
 
     let (globals, filename, lineno) = if let Some(f) = f {
-        (f.globals.clone(), f.code.source_path, f.f_lineno())
+        (f.globals.clone(), f.code.source_path(), f.f_lineno())
     } else if let Some(frame) = vm.current_frame() {
         // We have a frame but it wasn't found during stack walking
         (frame.globals.clone(), vm.ctx.intern_str("<sys>"), 1)