1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/arraymethods.c b/numpy/core/src/arraymethods.c
index 9d5dc2e75..8c5edc9c2 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/arraymethods.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/arraymethods.c
@@ -1539,7 +1539,7 @@ array_setflags(PyArrayObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
                 }
                 else {
                         self->flags &= ~UPDATEIFCOPY;
-                        Py_DECREF(self->base);
+                        Py_XDECREF(self->base);
                         self->base = NULL;
                 }
         }