diff --git a/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c b/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c
index f752d6c3cd8..d6d6eeb9c15 100644
--- a/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c
+++ b/contrib/jsonb_plpython/jsonb_plpython.c
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ PLySequence_ToJsonbValue(PyObject *obj, JsonbParseState **jsonb_state)
 		PyObject   *value = PySequence_GetItem(obj, i);
 
 		(void) PLyObject_ToJsonbValue(value, jsonb_state, true);
+
+		Py_XDECREF(value);
 	}
 
 	return pushJsonbValue(jsonb_state, WJB_END_ARRAY, NULL);