1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_bsddb.c b/Modules/_bsddb.c
index 6a1c188cbd..cee447bfc6 100644
--- a/Modules/_bsddb.c
+++ b/Modules/_bsddb.c
@@ -2297,6 +2297,7 @@ DB_join(DBObject* self, PyObject* args)
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
                             "Sequence of DBCursor objects expected");
             free(cursors);
+            Py_DECREF(item);
             return NULL;
         }
         cursors[x] = ((DBCursorObject*)item)->dbc;