diff --git a/src/object.rs b/src/object.rs
index 5b0f4ffb..8948f8bc 100644
--- a/src/object.rs
+++ b/src/object.rs
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ impl PyObject {
             let ptr = ffi::PyObject_GetAttr(self.as_ptr(), name);
             let result = PyObject::from_borrowed_ptr_or_err(
                 py, ffi::PyObject_Call(ptr, t.as_ptr(), kwargs.as_ptr()));
+            ffi::Py_DECREF(ptr);
             py.release(t);
             result
         })
diff --git a/src/objectprotocol.rs b/src/objectprotocol.rs
index 1999554c..44d8deb1 100644
--- a/src/objectprotocol.rs
+++ b/src/objectprotocol.rs
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@ impl<T> ObjectProtocol for T where T: PyObjectWithToken + ToPyPointer {
             let ptr = ffi::PyObject_GetAttr(self.as_ptr(), name);
             let result = self.py().cast_from_borrowed_ptr_or_err(
                 ffi::PyObject_Call(ptr, t.as_ptr(), kwargs.as_ptr()));
+            ffi::Py_DECREF(ptr);
             self.py().release(t);
             result
         })