diff --git a/changes/unreleased/5250.dTuzQhYiw2T8gfvp6Skj89.toml b/changes/unreleased/5250.dTuzQhYiw2T8gfvp6Skj89.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d18efa811
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/5250.dTuzQhYiw2T8gfvp6Skj89.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+other = "Make instantiation of ``TelegramObject``'s 15% faster"
+[[pull_requests]]
+uid = "5250"
+author_uids = ["harshil21"]
+closes_threads = []
diff --git a/src/telegram/_telegramobject.py b/src/telegram/_telegramobject.py
index 4098c75c3..ede04a033 100644
--- a/src/telegram/_telegramobject.py
+++ b/src/telegram/_telegramobject.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class TelegramObject:
             :exc:`AttributeError`
         """
         # protected attributes can always be set for convenient internal use
-        if key[0] == "_" or not getattr(self, "_frozen", True):
+        if key[0] == "_" or not self._frozen:
             super().__setattr__(key, value)
             return
 
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ class TelegramObject:
             :exc:`AttributeError`
         """
         # protected attributes can always be set for convenient internal use
-        if key[0] == "_" or not getattr(self, "_frozen", True):
+        if key[0] == "_" or not self._frozen:
             super().__delattr__(key)
             return