diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index b622c158a48fac..a1071e5a5812f2 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -3549,11 +3549,13 @@ PyInit__tkinter(void)
             if (!ret && GetLastError() == ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND) {
                 str_path = _get_tcl_lib_path();
                 if (str_path == NULL && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+                    Py_DECREF(m);
                     return NULL;
                 }
                 if (str_path != NULL) {
                     wcs_path = PyUnicode_AsWideCharString(str_path, NULL);
                     if (wcs_path == NULL) {
+                        Py_DECREF(m);
                         return NULL;
                     }
                     SetEnvironmentVariableW(L"TCL_LIBRARY", wcs_path);