diff --git a/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall_limited.c b/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall_limited.c
index d7b8d33b7f7162..d7070d37bb9e9b 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall_limited.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapi/vectorcall_limited.c
@@ -195,6 +195,6 @@ _PyTestCapi_Init_VectorcallLimited(PyObject *m) {
     if (PyModule_AddType(m, (PyTypeObject *)LimitedVectorCallClass) < 0) {
         return -1;
     }
-
+    Py_DECREF(LimitedVectorCallClass);
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 6762c611fb12a2..398570ff8e05c6 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ get_testcapi_state(PyObject *module)
 
 static PyObject *
 get_testerror(PyObject *self) {
-    testcapistate_t *state = get_testcapi_state((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(self));
+    testcapistate_t *state = get_testcapi_state(self);
     return state->error;
 }
 
@@ -3947,7 +3947,6 @@ PyInit__testcapi(void)
 
     testcapistate_t *state = get_testcapi_state(m);
     state->error = PyErr_NewException("_testcapi.error", NULL, NULL);
-    Py_INCREF(state->error);
     PyModule_AddObject(m, "error", state->error);
 
     if (PyType_Ready(&ContainerNoGC_type) < 0) {