1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/sbkstring.cpp b/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/sbkstring.cpp
index 918aae756..077fb531b 100644
--- a/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/sbkstring.cpp
+++ b/sources/shiboken2/libshiboken/sbkstring.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static void finalizeStaticStrings()
 {
     auto &set = staticStrings();
     for (PyObject *ob : set) {
-        Py_REFCNT(ob) = 1;
+        Py_SET_REFCNT(ob, 1);
         Py_DECREF(ob);
     }
     set.clear();