diff --git a/plugins/python/pyloader.c b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
index 60ea280a..616d4c55 100644
--- a/plugins/python/pyloader.c
+++ b/plugins/python/pyloader.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ int init_uwsgi_app(int loader, void *arg1, struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, PyThre
 
 	// cache most used values
 	wi->error = PyFile_FromFile(stderr, "wsgi_errors", "w", NULL);
-	Py_INCREF(wi->error);
+	Py_INCREF((PyObject *)wi->error);
 
 	wi->gateway_version = PyTuple_New(2);
         PyTuple_SetItem(wi->gateway_version, 0, PyInt_FromLong(1));