Index: Objects/object.c
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--- Objects/object.c	(revision 60223)
+++ Objects/object.c	(working copy)
@@ -1349,12 +1349,15 @@
 		dictptr = (PyObject **) ((char *)obj + dictoffset);
 		dict = *dictptr;
 		if (dict != NULL) {
+			Py_INCREF(dict);
 			res = PyDict_GetItem(dict, name);
 			if (res != NULL) {
 				Py_INCREF(res);
 				Py_XDECREF(descr);
+                                Py_DECREF(dict);
 				goto done;
 			}
+                        Py_DECREF(dict);
 		}
 	}