diff --git a/src/python/library/tritonclient/utils/_dlpack.py b/src/python/library/tritonclient/utils/_dlpack.py
index 94d3dfe5f..94efa6552 100644
--- a/src/python/library/tritonclient/utils/_dlpack.py
+++ b/src/python/library/tritonclient/utils/_dlpack.py
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ def as_manager_ctx(self) -> ctypes.c_void_p:
         py_obj = ctypes.py_object(self)
         py_obj_ptr = ctypes.pointer(py_obj)
         ctypes.pythonapi.Py_IncRef(py_obj)
-        ctypes.pythonapi.Py_IncRef(ctypes.py_object(py_obj_ptr))
         return ctypes.cast(py_obj_ptr, ctypes.c_void_p)