diff --git a/Lib/pprint.py b/Lib/pprint.py
index 575688d8eb6f4a..a7f13f51347608 100644
--- a/Lib/pprint.py
+++ b/Lib/pprint.py
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ def _perfcheck(object=None):
         object = [("string", (1, 2), [3, 4], {5: 6, 7: 8})] * 100000
     p = PrettyPrinter()
     t1 = time.perf_counter()
-    p._safe_repr(object, {}, None, 0, True)
+    p._safe_repr(object, {}, None, 0)
     t2 = time.perf_counter()
     p.pformat(object)
     t3 = time.perf_counter()
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-05-11-09-14.gh-issue-92546.AvT2Ka.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-05-11-09-14.gh-issue-92546.AvT2Ka.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4df8c4f3f715bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-07-05-11-09-14.gh-issue-92546.AvT2Ka.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix bug where :meth:`pprint._perfcheck` calls
+:meth:`pprint.PrettyPrinter._safe_repr` with an extra argument causing
+``TypeError``