1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index ce11317..d1044b5 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -1267,9 +1267,15 @@ test_pep3118_obsolete_write_locks(PyObject* self, PyObject *Py_UNUSED(ignored))
     if (ret != -1 || match == 0)
         goto error;
 
+    PyObject *mod_io = PyImport_ImportModule("_io");
+    if (mod_io == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     /* bytesiobuf_getbuffer() */
-    PyTypeObject *type = (PyTypeObject *)_PyImport_GetModuleAttrString(
-            "_io", "_BytesIOBuffer");
+    PyTypeObject *type = (PyTypeObject *)PyObject_GetAttrString(
+            mod_io, "_BytesIOBuffer");
+    Py_DECREF(mod_io);
     if (type == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }