diff --git a/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp b/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp
index d979802917..33838befc9 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp
+++ b/wxPython/src/helpers.cpp
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static PyThreadState* myPyThreadState_Get() {
 }
 
 
-HELPEREXPORT bool wxPyRestoreThread() {
+bool wxPyRestoreThread() {
     // NOTE: The Python API docs state that if a thread already has the
     // interpreter lock and calls PyEval_RestoreThread again a deadlock
     // occurs, so I put in this code as a guard condition since there are
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ HELPEREXPORT bool wxPyRestoreThread() {
 }
 
 
-HELPEREXPORT void wxPySaveThread(bool doSave) {
+void wxPySaveThread(bool doSave) {
 #ifdef WXP_WITH_THREAD
     if (doSave) {
         wxPyEventThreadState = PyEval_SaveThread();
diff --git a/wxPython/src/helpers.h b/wxPython/src/helpers.h
index f53092e220..b542b5f2b4 100644
--- a/wxPython/src/helpers.h
+++ b/wxPython/src/helpers.h
@@ -323,15 +323,11 @@ public:
         bool doSave;
 #ifdef wxPyUSE_EXPORT
         doSave = wxPyCoreAPIPtr->p_wxPyRestoreThread();
-#else
-        doSave = wxPyRestoreThread();
-#endif
-
         Py_DECREF(m_obj);
-
-#ifdef wxPyUSE_EXPORT
         wxPyCoreAPIPtr->p_wxPySaveThread(doSave);
 #else
+        doSave = wxPyRestoreThread();
+        Py_DECREF(m_obj);
         wxPySaveThread(doSave);
 #endif
     }