diff --git a/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c b/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
index d51df7e..781518a 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/winconsoleio.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
     DWORD length;
     wchar_t name_buf[MAX_PATH], *pname_buf = name_buf;
-    
+
     length = GetFullPathNameW(decoded_wstr, MAX_PATH, pname_buf, NULL);
     if (length > MAX_PATH) {
         pname_buf = PyMem_New(wchar_t, length);
@@ -298,8 +298,7 @@
     self->fd = fd;
 
     if (fd < 0) {
-        PyObject *decodedname = Py_None;
-        Py_INCREF(decodedname);
+        PyObject *decodedname;
 
         int d = PyUnicode_FSDecoder(nameobj, (void*)&decodedname);
         if (!d)