1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_pickle.c b/Modules/_pickle.c
index 19a1c88..9f16b4d 100644
--- a/Modules/_pickle.c
+++ b/Modules/_pickle.c
@@ -5210,10 +5210,10 @@ load_newobj_ex(UnpicklerObject *self)
     if (!PyType_Check(cls)) {
         Py_DECREF(kwargs);
         Py_DECREF(args);
-        Py_DECREF(cls);
         PyErr_Format(st->UnpicklingError,
                      "NEWOBJ_EX class argument must be a type, not %.200s",
                      Py_TYPE(cls)->tp_name);
+        Py_DECREF(cls);
         return -1;
     }