BUG: Fix reference count issues (GH-3022)

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Cython/Utility/Optimize.c b/Cython/Utility/Optimize.c
index 22d163461..d6c32ace2 100644
--- a/Cython/Utility/Optimize.c
+++ b/Cython/Utility/Optimize.c
@@ -685,9 +685,11 @@ static PyObject* __Pyx__PyNumber_PowerOf2(PyObject *two, PyObject *exp, PyObject
             return PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(value);
 #endif
         } else {
-            PyObject *one = PyInt_FromLong(1L);
+            PyObject *result, *one = PyInt_FromLong(1L);
             if (unlikely(!one)) return NULL;
-            return PyNumber_Lshift(one, exp);
+            result = PyNumber_Lshift(one, exp);
+            Py_DECREF(one);
+            return result;
         }
     } else if (shiftby == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
         PyErr_Clear();