diff --git a/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.c b/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.c
index 6f7b3ab..4a0f3f7 100644
--- a/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.c
+++ b/mwparserfromhell/parser/tokenizer.c
@@ -1870,7 +1870,6 @@ Tokenizer_handle_single_tag_end(Tokenizer* self)
         Py_DECREF(token);
         return NULL;
     }
-    Py_DECREF(token);
     return Tokenizer_pop(self);
 }