1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/autodecref.h b/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/autodecref.h
index d3353b1e4..498b1aec4 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/autodecref.h
+++ b/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/autodecref.h
@@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ public:
      */
     void reset(PyObject *other)
     {
-        Py_XDECREF(m_pyObj);
+        // Safely decref m_pyObj. See Py_XSETREF in object.h .
+        PyObject *_py_tmp = m_pyObj;
         m_pyObj = other;
+        Py_XDECREF(_py_tmp);
     }
 private:
     PyObject *m_pyObj;