diff --git a/Objects/intobject.c b/Objects/intobject.c
index a3df3bab61f..b97e2bc631e 100644
--- a/Objects/intobject.c
+++ b/Objects/intobject.c
@@ -947,12 +947,14 @@ int_subtype_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 		if (!PyLong_Check(tmp)) {
 			PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
 					"value must convertable to an int");
+			Py_DECREF(tmp);
 			return NULL;
 		}
 		ival = PyLong_AsLong(tmp);
-		if (ival == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+		if (ival == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+			Py_DECREF(tmp);
 			return NULL;
-
+		}
 	} else {
 		ival = ((PyIntObject *)tmp)->ob_ival;
 	}