# http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/a954f6ee3112c0edfbc59783d1b424d995122784?hp=711690a16d2a16be7070e06779c46a6d8f482689
diff --git a/pp_hot.c b/pp_hot.c
index 57fa328..4a4e9e8 100644
--- pp_hot.c
+++ pp_hot.c
@@ -1198,6 +1198,9 @@ PP(pp_qr)
     if (rx->extflags & RXf_TAINTED)
         SvTAINTED_on(rv);
     sv_magic(sv,(SV*)ReREFCNT_inc(rx), PERL_MAGIC_qr,0,0);
+    if (pkg) {
+	SvREFCNT_dec(pkg);
+    }
     XPUSHs(rv);
     RETURN;
 }