diff --git a/simplejson/_speedups.c b/simplejson/_speedups.c
index d0f9a0e6911a306924993fb66531eef7d20b936f_c2ltcGxlanNvbi9fc3BlZWR1cHMuYw==..e23b4ce931c7a5de67ae8de6b6a28779dc8dc9f3_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); \