fix ref counting

diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index b9498e5fa2ebbd5541b76fcd7049ce0ae807a8b1..605d8a010790acd64739028e440629640956fb4d 100644 (file)
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -3448,7 +3448,7 @@ object_format(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
             goto done;
             */
         }
-        return PyObject_Format(self_as_str, format_spec);
+        result = PyObject_Format(self_as_str, format_spec);
     }
 
 done: