1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 05241e8a74..069afc0ac9 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -161,11 +161,12 @@ PyObject_InitVar(PyVarObject *op, PyTypeObject *tp, Py_ssize_t size)
 PyObject *
 _PyObject_New(PyTypeObject *tp)
 {
-    PyObject *op;
-    op = (PyObject *) PyObject_MALLOC(_PyObject_SIZE(tp));
-    if (op == NULL)
+    PyObject *op = (PyObject *) PyObject_MALLOC(_PyObject_SIZE(tp));
+    if (op == NULL) {
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
-    return PyObject_INIT(op, tp);
+    }
+    PyObject_INIT(op, tp);
+    return op;
 }
 
 PyVarObject *