diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-11-02-05-52-36.gh-issue-83004.LBl79O.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-11-02-05-52-36.gh-issue-83004.LBl79O.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4de17abd063424
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-11-02-05-52-36.gh-issue-83004.LBl79O.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Clean up refleak on failed module initialisation in :mod:`_io`.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
index 38ef24637b7318..a7b2e984310d18 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
@@ -703,10 +703,10 @@ PyInit__io(void)
goto fail;
/* BlockingIOError, for compatibility */
- Py_INCREF(PyExc_BlockingIOError);
- if (PyModule_AddObject(m, "BlockingIOError",
- (PyObject *) PyExc_BlockingIOError) < 0)
+ if (PyModule_AddObjectRef(m, "BlockingIOError",
+ (PyObject *) PyExc_BlockingIOError) < 0) {
goto fail;
+ }
// Set type base classes
PyFileIO_Type.tp_base = &PyRawIOBase_Type;
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