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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index 7675f7e..4c28500 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -2713,9 +2713,9 @@ str_subtype_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
return NULL;
assert(PyString_Check(tmp));
new = type->tp_alloc(type, n = PyString_GET_SIZE(tmp));
- if (new == NULL)
- return NULL;
- memcpy(PyString_AS_STRING(new), PyString_AS_STRING(tmp), n+1);
+ if (new != NULL)
+ memcpy(PyString_AS_STRING(new), PyString_AS_STRING(tmp), n+1);
+ Py_DECREF(tmp);
return new;
}