diff --git a/src/ale.cpp b/src/ale.cpp
index 8c930e30ca46406460d7ac4ac7ebd6258d4dbbce..c0dd3af929f592acbe411f13f94922347616b33c 100644
--- a/src/ale.cpp
+++ b/src/ale.cpp
@@ -341,7 +341,6 @@ namespace ale {
      // Call the function with the arguments.
      PyObject* pResult = PyObject_CallObject(pFunc, pArgs);
      Py_DECREF(pArgs);
-     Py_DECREF(pFunc);
      Py_DECREF(pString);
      if(!pResult) {
         throw invalid_argument(getPyTraceback());