# http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=59516
# http://perl5.git.perl.org/perl.git/commitdiff/b023a8eeff463528d4a2b46396f79056c0ef9677?hp=a954f6ee3112c0edfbc59783d1b424d995122784
diff --git a/regcomp.c b/regcomp.c
index 54347cc..68cc58c 100644
--- regcomp.c
+++ regcomp.c
@@ -8350,6 +8350,9 @@ parseit:
         *STRING(ret)= (char)value;
         STR_LEN(ret)= 1;
         RExC_emit += STR_SZ(1);
+	if (listsv) {
+	    SvREFCNT_dec(listsv);
+	}
         return ret;
     }
     /* optimize case-insensitive simple patterns (e.g. /[a-z]/i) */
