[3.13] gh-144307: Fix a reference leak during module teardown (GH-144308) (GH-144328)

(cherry picked from commit 219b7ac9d562701bbde21d7e17845c4942b83338)

Signed-off-by: Yongtao Huang <yongtaoh2022@gamil.com>
Co-authored-by: Yongtao Huang <yongtaoh2022@gmail.com>
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