1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/tools/python3/src/Objects/stringlib/join.h b/contrib/tools/python3/src/Objects/stringlib/join.h
index bb011f7db79..de6bd83ffe4 100644
--- a/contrib/tools/python3/src/Objects/stringlib/join.h
+++ b/contrib/tools/python3/src/Objects/stringlib/join.h
@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ STRINGLIB(bytes_join)(PyObject *sep, PyObject *iterable)
         item = PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM(seq, i);
         if (PyBytes_CheckExact(item)) {
             /* Fast path. */
-            Py_INCREF(item);
-            buffers[i].obj = item;
+            buffers[i].obj = Py_NewRef(item);
             buffers[i].buf = PyBytes_AS_STRING(item);
             buffers[i].len = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(item);
         }