diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index 3d898f905d1..1bc13e7c2af 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -801,8 +801,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) _Py_AddToAllObjects(PyObject *, int force);
         } while (0)
 
 /* Macros to use in case the object pointer may be NULL: */
-#define Py_XINCREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op)
-#define Py_XDECREF(op) if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op)
+#define Py_XINCREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_INCREF(op); } while (0)
+#define Py_XDECREF(op) do { if ((op) == NULL) ; else Py_DECREF(op); } while (0)
 
 /*
 These are provided as conveniences to Python runtime embedders, so that
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b8d3883a86f..e9ee104a5d3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -207,7 +207,8 @@ Core and Builtins
 - Issue #3845: In PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags avoid invalid memory access with
   short file names.
 
-- Py_DECREF: Add `do { ... } while (0)' to avoid compiler warnings.
+- Issue #1113244: Py_XINCREF, Py_DECREF, Py_XDECREF: Add `do { ... } while (0)'
+  to avoid compiler warnings.
 
 Library
 -------
diff --git a/Modules/readline.c b/Modules/readline.c
index f5a54bc08f6..d09f09c7311 100644
--- a/Modules/readline.c
+++ b/Modules/readline.c
@@ -694,13 +694,13 @@ on_completion_display_matches_hook(char **matches,
 	r = PyObject_CallFunction(completion_display_matches_hook,
 				  "sOi", matches[0], m, max_length);
 
-	Py_DECREF(m), m=NULL;
+	Py_DECREF(m); m=NULL;
 	
 	if (r == NULL ||
 	    (r != Py_None && PyInt_AsLong(r) == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())) {
 		goto error;
 	}
-	Py_XDECREF(r), r=NULL;
+	Py_XDECREF(r); r=NULL;
 
 	if (0) {
 	error: