1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/shape.c b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/shape.c
index c8198be56..adc77dfce 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/multiarray/shape.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/multiarray/shape.c
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ PyArray_Newshape(PyArrayObject *self, PyArray_Dims *newdims,
         else {
             PyObject *newcopy;
             newcopy = PyArray_NewCopy(self, order);
+            Py_DECREF(self);
             if (newcopy == NULL) {
                 return NULL;
             }
-            Py_DECREF(self);
             self = (PyArrayObject *)newcopy;
         }
     }