diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index 420af94..8a3f883 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -1017,8 +1017,10 @@
     }
     if (tp->tp_setattr != NULL) {
         const char *name_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(name);
-        if (name_str == NULL)
+        if (name_str == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(name);
             return -1;
+        }
         err = (*tp->tp_setattr)(v, (char *)name_str, value);
         Py_DECREF(name);
         return err;