diff --git a/Modules/_ssl.c b/Modules/_ssl.c

index a3ea254..d0a3830 100644

--- a/Modules/_ssl.c

+++ b/Modules/_ssl.c

@@ -2564,7 +2564,9 @@ load_cert_chain(PySSLContext *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)

     }

     SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb(self->ctx, orig_passwd_cb);

     SSL_CTX_set_default_passwd_cb_userdata(self->ctx, orig_passwd_userdata);

+    Py_XDECREF(keyfile_bytes);

     PyMem_Free(pw_info.password);

+    PyMem_Free(certfile_bytes);

     Py_RETURN_NONE;

 error: