Closes #15396: memory leak in tkinter
diff --git a/Doc/ACKS.txt b/Doc/ACKS.txt
index 70063c0..03e1a6b 100644
--- a/Doc/ACKS.txt
+++ b/Doc/ACKS.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
* Thomas Lamb
* Detlef Lannert
* Piers Lauder
+ * Julia Lawall
* Glyph Lefkowitz
* Robert Lehmann
* Marc-André Lemburg
diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index 3608e2d..23906de 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -3135,8 +3135,10 @@
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "TkappType", (PyObject *)&Tkapp_Type);
- if (PyType_Ready(&Tktt_Type) < 0)
+ if (PyType_Ready(&Tktt_Type) < 0) {
+ Py_DECREF(m);
return NULL;
+ }
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "TkttType", (PyObject *)&Tktt_Type);
Py_TYPE(&PyTclObject_Type) = &PyType_Type;