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: