diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
index 2f20c3d9..e77be5e4 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -2763,7 +2763,6 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_workers(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 	
 
 		PyDict_SetItemString(worker_dict, "apps", apps_tuple);
-		Py_DECREF(apps_tuple);
 
 	}