diff --git a/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp b/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp
index ac036a7aee..02245e6caa 100644
--- a/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp
+++ b/src/App/PropertyStandard.cpp
@@ -1921,6 +1921,7 @@ PyObject *PropertyMap::getPyObject(void)
             throw Base::UnicodeError("UTF8 conversion failure at PropertyMap::getPyObject()");
         }
         PyDict_SetItemString(dict,it->first.c_str(),item);
+        Py_DECREF(item);
     }
 
     return dict;