Fix a refcount bug in an obscure code corner.

Already backported.

diff --git a/Python/import.c b/Python/import.c
index 030142ad8f7e6378ec8e4fa684fcee7c05c614ed..d4c9e2e40ac1500ed4b42d83629b5fa3ef937fbd 100644 (file)
--- a/Python/import.c
+++ b/Python/import.c
@@ -921,6 +921,7 @@ load_package(char *name, char *pathname)
        if (fdp == NULL) {
                if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_ImportError)) {
                        PyErr_Clear();
+                       Py_INCREF(m);
                }
                else
                        m = NULL;