#6865 fix ref counting in initialization of pwd module
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3c1c54e..5b16746 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -1303,6 +1303,9 @@
Extension Modules
-----------------
+- Issue #6865: Fix reference counting issue in the initialization of the pwd
+ module.
+
- Issue #6848: Fix curses module build failure on OS X 10.6.
- Fix a segfault in expat when given a specially crafted input lead to the
diff --git a/Modules/pwdmodule.c b/Modules/pwdmodule.c
index a271c5a..2865dc6 100644
--- a/Modules/pwdmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/pwdmodule.c
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
Py_INCREF((PyObject *) &StructPwdType);
PyModule_AddObject(m, "struct_passwd", (PyObject *) &StructPwdType);
/* And for b/w compatibility (this was defined by mistake): */
+ Py_INCREF((PyObject *) &StructPwdType);
PyModule_AddObject(m, "struct_pwent", (PyObject *) &StructPwdType);
initialized = 1;
}