diff --git a/logApp/src/inotify_wrap.c b/logApp/src/inotify_wrap.c
index 468d03e..269cb2b 100644
--- a/logApp/src/inotify_wrap.c
+++ b/logApp/src/inotify_wrap.c
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ retry:
             Py_DECREF(tuple);
             goto fail;
         }
+        Py_DECREF(tuple); /* PyList_Append() takes a reference */
 
         buf += evtsize;
         ret -= evtsize;