1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
index 9bb7ffa..fb2bb7d 100644
--- a/Python/symtable.c
+++ b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -373,17 +373,17 @@ PySymtable_Lookup(struct symtable *st, void *key)
     if (k == NULL)
         return NULL;
     v = PyDict_GetItemWithError(st->st_blocks, k);
+    Py_DECREF(k);
+
     if (v) {
         assert(PySTEntry_Check(v));
-        Py_INCREF(v);
     }
     else if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_KeyError,
                         "unknown symbol table entry");
     }
 
-    Py_DECREF(k);
-    return (PySTEntryObject *)v;
+    return (PySTEntryObject *)Py_XNewRef(v);
 }
 
 long