diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-21-14-53-19.bpo-34794.yt3R4-.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-21-14-53-19.bpo-34794.yt3R4-.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..770807fc765365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2018-10-21-14-53-19.bpo-34794.yt3R4-.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fixed a leak in Tkinter when pass the Python wrapper around Tcl_Obj back to
+Tcl/Tk.
diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index c71ffd016ad881..58640e240f3786 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -1205,10 +1205,8 @@ AsObj(PyObject *value)
     }
 #endif
 
-    if(PyTclObject_Check(value)) {
-        Tcl_Obj *v = ((PyTclObject*)value)->value;
-        Tcl_IncrRefCount(v);
-        return v;
+    if (PyTclObject_Check(value)) {
+        return ((PyTclObject*)value)->value;
     }
 
     {