diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index bd544ba342c..e6f5ef17e4d 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -2544,6 +2544,7 @@ init_curses(void)
 	/* Add a CObject for the C API */
 	c_api_object = PyCObject_FromVoidPtr((void *)PyCurses_API, NULL);
 	PyDict_SetItemString(d, "_C_API", c_api_object);
+	Py_DECREF(c_api_object);
 
 	/* For exception curses.error */
 	PyCursesError = PyErr_NewException("_curses.error", NULL, NULL);
diff --git a/Modules/gdbmmodule.c b/Modules/gdbmmodule.c
index 5f83a28f14b..0190a9b38f6 100644
--- a/Modules/gdbmmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/gdbmmodule.c
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static PyMethodDef dbmmodule_methods[] = {
 
 DL_EXPORT(void)
 initgdbm(void) {
-    PyObject *m, *d;
+    PyObject *m, *d, *s;
 
     Dbmtype.ob_type = &PyType_Type;
     m = Py_InitModule4("gdbm", dbmmodule_methods,
@@ -515,7 +515,8 @@ initgdbm(void) {
     DbmError = PyErr_NewException("gdbm.error", NULL, NULL);
     if (DbmError != NULL) {
         PyDict_SetItemString(d, "error", DbmError);
-        PyDict_SetItemString(d, "open_flags",
-                PyString_FromString(dbmmodule_open_flags));
+        s = PyString_FromString(dbmmodule_open_flags);
+        PyDict_SetItemString(d, "open_flags", s);
+        Py_DECREF(s);
     }
 }