diff --git a/_imagingft.c b/_imagingft.c
index dc1661f3e..218d8b141 100644
--- a/_imagingft.c
+++ b/_imagingft.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ getfont(PyObject* self_, PyObject* args, PyObject* kw)
         if (self->font_bytes) {
             PyMem_Free(self->font_bytes);
         }
-        PyObject_Del(self);
+        Py_DECREF(self);
         return geterror(error);
     }
 
diff --git a/map.c b/map.c
index dc9ead0aa..7309a7bd7 100644
--- a/map.c
+++ b/map.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PyImaging_MapperNew(const char* filename, int readonly)
         NULL);
     if (mapper->hFile == (HANDLE)-1) {
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IOError, "cannot open file");
-        PyObject_Del(mapper);
+        Py_DECREF(mapper);
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ PyImaging_MapperNew(const char* filename, int readonly)
     if (mapper->hMap == (HANDLE)-1) {
         CloseHandle(mapper->hFile);
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IOError, "cannot map file");
-        PyObject_Del(mapper);
+        Py_DECREF(mapper);
         return NULL;
     }