1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index 8edc6c6..8f2c7a6 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -517,12 +517,14 @@ SystemExit_init(PySystemExitObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 
     if (size == 0)
         return 0;
-    Py_CLEAR(self->code);
-    if (size == 1)
-        self->code = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
-    else if (size > 1)
-        self->code = args;
-    Py_INCREF(self->code);
+    if (size == 1) {
+        Py_INCREF(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0));
+        Py_SETREF(self->code, PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0));
+    }
+    else { /* size > 1 */
+        Py_INCREF(args);
+        Py_SETREF(self->code, args);
+    }
     return 0;
 }