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-rw-r--r--Modules/_elementtree.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_elementtree.c b/Modules/_elementtree.c
index 580c53a417..0effc3f32a 100644
--- a/Modules/_elementtree.c
+++ b/Modules/_elementtree.c
@@ -396,10 +396,8 @@ element_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
Py_XDECREF(attrib);
/* Replace the objects already pointed to by tag, text and tail. */
- tmp = self_elem->tag;
Py_INCREF(tag);
- self_elem->tag = tag;
- Py_DECREF(tmp);
+ Py_SETREF(self_elem->tag, tag);
tmp = self_elem->text;
Py_INCREF(Py_None);