diff -r d9bb7a3ed51e Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c
--- a/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c	Tue Oct 27 22:05:09 2015 -0500
+++ b/Modules/_ctypes/_ctypes.c	Wed Oct 28 23:20:51 2015 -0500
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@
 {
     Py_buffer buffer;
     Py_ssize_t offset = 0;
-    PyObject *result, *mv;
+    PyObject *result = NULL;
+    PyObject *mv = NULL;
     StgDictObject *dict = PyType_stgdict(type);
     assert (dict);
 
@@ -474,34 +475,35 @@
 
     if (offset < 0) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-                        "offset cannot be negative");
-        PyBuffer_Release(&buffer);
-        return NULL;
-    }
+                        "offset cannot be negative");        
+        goto exit;
+    }
+    
     if (dict->size > buffer.len - offset) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError,
                      "Buffer size too small (%zd instead of at least %zd bytes)",
                      buffer.len, dict->size + offset);
-        PyBuffer_Release(&buffer);
-        return NULL;
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    mv = PyMemoryView_FromObject(buffer.obj);
+    if (mv == NULL) {
+        goto exit;
     }
 
     result = PyCData_AtAddress(type, (char *)buffer.buf + offset);
     if (result == NULL) {
-        PyBuffer_Release(&buffer);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    mv = PyMemoryView_FromBuffer(&buffer);
-    if (mv == NULL) {
-        PyBuffer_Release(&buffer);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    /* Hack the memoryview so that it will release the buffer. */
-    ((PyMemoryViewObject *)mv)->mbuf->master.obj = buffer.obj;
-    ((PyMemoryViewObject *)mv)->view.obj = buffer.obj;
-    if (-1 == KeepRef((CDataObject *)result, -1, mv))
+        Py_DECREF(mv);
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    if (-1 == KeepRef((CDataObject *)result, -1, mv)) {
+        Py_DECREF(result);
         result = NULL;
+    }
+    
+    exit:
+    PyBuffer_Release(&buffer);
     return result;
 }