From b96c6b0723b889d3a0c1740bce7f579f33d246f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pablo Galindo <Pablogsal@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 11:19:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] bpo-38962: Fix reference leak in new_interpreter() (GH-17453)

https://bugs.python.org/issue38962



Automerge-Triggered-By: @pablogsal
---
 Python/pylifecycle.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Python/pylifecycle.c b/Python/pylifecycle.c
index cce4783bc12..9218978cc6f 100644
--- a/Python/pylifecycle.c
+++ b/Python/pylifecycle.c
@@ -648,9 +648,11 @@ pycore_init_builtins(PyThreadState *tstate)
     if (interp->builtins_copy == NULL) {
         goto error;
     }
+    Py_DECREF(bimod);
     return _PyStatus_OK();
 
 error:
+    Py_XDECREF(bimod);
     return _PyStatus_ERR("can't initialize builtins module");
 }