1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sre.c b/Modules/_sre.c
index 2b00121a25..0db4ebed71 100644
--- a/Modules/_sre.c
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c
@@ -2427,6 +2427,7 @@ next:
         else
             item = PyUnicode_Join(joiner, list);
         Py_DECREF(joiner);
+        Py_DECREF(list);
         if (!item)
             return NULL;
     }