diff --git a/Include/object.h b/Include/object.h
index 0b85fd3f4b8..d1e60be700a 100644
--- a/Include/object.h
+++ b/Include/object.h
@@ -295,11 +295,12 @@ environment the global variable trick is not safe.)
 #ifndef Py_TRACE_REFS
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
 #define _Py_Dealloc(op) ((op)->ob_type->tp_free++, (*(op)->ob_type->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op)))
+#define _Py_ForgetReference(op) ((op)->ob_type->tp_free++)
 #else
 #define _Py_Dealloc(op) (*(op)->ob_type->tp_dealloc)((PyObject *)(op))
-#endif
 #define _Py_ForgetReference(op) /*empty*/
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef COUNT_ALLOCS
 extern void inc_count Py_PROTO((PyTypeObject *));