diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5df25114a..fbbd5388f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - When running `check_contracts` on a class with type aliases as type annotations for its attributes, the `NameError`
   that appears (which indicates that the type alias is undefined) is now resolved.
 - The default value of `pyta-number-of-messages` is now 0. This automatically displays all occurrences of the same error.
+- For the contract checking `new_setattr` function, any variables that depend only on `klass` are now defined in the
+  outer function, efficiency of code was improved, and the attribute value is now restored to the original value if the
+  `_check_invariants` call raises an error.
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/python_ta/contracts/__init__.py b/python_ta/contracts/__init__.py
index 3cd64c2e9..cc1286470 100644
--- a/python_ta/contracts/__init__.py
+++ b/python_ta/contracts/__init__.py
@@ -159,14 +159,14 @@ def add_class_invariants(klass: type) -> None:
 
     setattr(klass, "__representation_invariants__", rep_invariants)
 
+    klass_mod = _get_module(klass)
+    cls_annotations = typing.get_type_hints(klass, localns=klass_mod.__dict__)
+
     def new_setattr(self: klass, name: str, value: Any) -> None:
         """Set the value of the given attribute on self to the given value.
 
         Check representation invariants for this class when not within an instance method of the class.
         """
-        klass_mod = _get_module(klass)
-        cls_annotations = typing.get_type_hints(klass, localns=klass_mod.__dict__)
-
         if name in cls_annotations:
             try:
                 _debug(f"Checking type of attribute {attr} for {klass.__qualname__} instance")
@@ -176,18 +176,23 @@ def new_setattr(self: klass, name: str, value: Any) -> None:
                     f"Value {_display_value(value)} did not match type annotation for attribute "
                     f"{name}: {_display_annotation(cls_annotations[name])}"
                 ) from None
-
+        original_attr_value_exists = False
+        original_attr_value = None
+        if hasattr(super(klass, self), name):
+            original_attr_value_exists = True
+            original_attr_value = super(klass, self).__getattribute__(name)
         super(klass, self).__setattr__(name, value)
-        curframe = inspect.currentframe()
-        callframe = inspect.getouterframes(curframe, 2)
-        frame_locals = callframe[1].frame.f_locals
+        frame_locals = inspect.currentframe().f_back.f_locals
         if self is not frame_locals.get("self"):
             # Only validating if the attribute is not being set in a instance/class method
-            klass_mod = _get_module(klass)
             if klass_mod is not None and ENABLE_CONTRACT_CHECKING:
                 try:
                     _check_invariants(self, klass, klass_mod.__dict__)
                 except PyTAContractError as e:
+                    if original_attr_value_exists:
+                        super(klass, self).__setattr__(name, original_attr_value)
+                    else:
+                        super(klass, self).__delattr__(name)
                     raise AssertionError(str(e)) from None
 
     for attr, value in klass.__dict__.items():
diff --git a/tests/test_contracts_attr_value_restoration.py b/tests/test_contracts_attr_value_restoration.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d296ee2b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_contracts_attr_value_restoration.py
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+from python_ta.contracts import check_contracts
+
+
+def test_class_attr_value_restores_to_original_if_violates_rep_inv() -> None:
+    """Test to check whether the class attribute value is restored to the original value if a representation invariant
+    is violated."""
+
+    @check_contracts
+    class Person:
+        """
+        Representation Invariants:
+        - self.age >= 0
+        """
+
+        age: int = 0
+
+    my_person = Person()
+
+    try:
+        my_person.age = -1
+    except AssertionError:
+        assert my_person.age == 0
+
+
+def test_class_attr_value_does_not_exist_if_violates_rep_inv() -> None:
+    """Test to check whether the class attribute value does not exist if a representation invariant
+    is violated."""
+
+    @check_contracts
+    class Person:
+        """
+        Representation Invariants:
+        - self.age >= 0
+        """
+
+        age: int
+
+    my_person = Person()
+
+    try:
+        my_person.age = -1
+    except AssertionError:
+        assert not hasattr(my_person, "age")