diff --git a/Modules/selectmodule.c b/Modules/selectmodule.c
index 2452a65..98b3108 100644
--- a/Modules/selectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/selectmodule.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
         /* any intervening fileno() calls could decr this refcnt */
         if (!(o = PySequence_Fast_GET_ITEM(fast_seq, i)))
-            return -1;
+            goto finally;
 
         Py_INCREF(o);
         v = PyObject_AsFileDescriptor( o );
@@ -421,6 +421,7 @@
     if (PyDict_GetItem(self->dict, key) == NULL) {
         errno = ENOENT;
         PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_IOError);
+        Py_DECREF(key);
         return NULL;
     }
     value = PyLong_FromLong(events);