diff --git a/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c b/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c
index 0644a28c011b..9e73dfd94a9c 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_object.c
@@ -4157,8 +4157,9 @@ PyUFunc_GenericReduction(PyUFuncObject *ufunc,
         if (dtype == NULL) {
             goto fail;
         }
-        Py_INCREF(dtype->singleton);
         otype = dtype->singleton;
+        Py_INCREF(otype);
+        Py_DECREF(dtype);
     }
     if (out_obj && !PyArray_OutputConverter(out_obj, &out)) {
         goto fail;
diff --git a/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_type_resolution.c b/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_type_resolution.c
index 2834235e409f..88aa9ed6c112 100644
--- a/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_type_resolution.c
+++ b/numpy/core/src/umath/ufunc_type_resolution.c
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ PyUFunc_SimpleBinaryComparisonTypeResolver(PyUFuncObject *ufunc,
                     operands, type_tup, out_dtypes);
         }
 
-        Py_INCREF(descr);
         out_dtypes[0] = ensure_dtype_nbo(descr);
         if (out_dtypes[0] == NULL) {
             return -1;