diff --git a/simplejson/_speedups.c b/simplejson/_speedups.c
index a1f7f04b1c6f2841ce6881d9201b71263f749634_c2ltcGxlanNvbi9fc3BlZWR1cHMuYw==..87185268083049ae39b1c5208b6a2c1179e9585b_c2ltcGxlanNvbi9fc3BlZWR1cHMuYw== 100644
--- a/simplejson/_speedups.c
+++ b/simplejson/_speedups.c
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@
             } \
         } \
         if (PyList_Append(chunks, chunk)) { \
-            Py_DECREF(chunk); \
             goto bail; \
         } \
         Py_CLEAR(chunk); \