diff --git a/Objects/sliceobject.c b/Objects/sliceobject.c
index bf5eb3aeee8..2f32355cd25 100644
--- a/Objects/sliceobject.c
+++ b/Objects/sliceobject.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void PySlice_Fini(void)
     PySliceObject *obj = slice_cache;
     if (obj != NULL) {
         slice_cache = NULL;
-        PyObject_Del(obj);
+        PyObject_GC_Del(obj);
     }
 }