1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/cStringIO.c b/Modules/cStringIO.c
index e891114..81b9ac8 100644
--- a/Modules/cStringIO.c
+++ b/Modules/cStringIO.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ newOobject(int  size) {
         UNLESS (self->buf = (char *)malloc(size)) {
                   PyErr_SetString(PyExc_MemoryError,"out of memory");
                   self->buf_size = 0;
+                  Py_DECREF(self);
                   return NULL;
           }