diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-21-14-53-19.bpo-34794.yt3R4-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-21-14-53-19.bpo-34794.yt3R4-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..770807fc765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-21-14-53-19.bpo-34794.yt3R4-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed a leak in Tkinter when pass the Python wrapper around Tcl_Obj back to
+Tcl/Tk.
diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index 93d4dbc5f65..fa268599876 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -1101,9 +1101,7 @@ AsObj(PyObject *value)
     }
 
     if (PyTclObject_Check(value)) {
-        Tcl_Obj *v = ((PyTclObject*)value)->value;
-        Tcl_IncrRefCount(v);
-        return v;
+        return ((PyTclObject*)value)->value;
     }
 
     {