diff --git a/src/main/conversions.c b/src/main/conversions.c
index b9e446c5c4..4da1a75f18 100644
--- a/src/main/conversions.c
+++ b/src/main/conversions.c
@@ -1308,10 +1308,14 @@ as_status as_val_new_from_pyobject(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
         Py_DECREF(py_parameter);
 
         PyObject *geospatial_dump = AerospikeGeospatial_DoDumps(py_data, err);
+        Py_XDECREF(py_data);
+        if (!geospatial_dump) {
+            return as_error_update(err, AEROSPIKE_ERR_CLIENT,
+                                   "Unable to call dumps function");
+        }
         const char *geo_value = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(geospatial_dump);
         char *geo_value_cpy = strdup(geo_value);
 
-        Py_DECREF(py_data);
         Py_DECREF(geospatial_dump);
 
         *val = (as_val *)as_geojson_new(geo_value_cpy, true);
@@ -2231,6 +2235,12 @@ void initialize_bin_for_strictypes(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
     else if (!strcmp(py_value->ob_type->tp_name, "aerospike.Geospatial")) {
         PyObject *geo_data = PyObject_GetAttrString(py_value, "geo_data");
         PyObject *geo_data_py_str = AerospikeGeospatial_DoDumps(geo_data, err);
+        Py_XDECREF(geo_data);
+        if (!geo_data_py_str) {
+            as_error_update(err, AEROSPIKE_ERR_CLIENT,
+                            "Unable to call dumps function");
+            return;
+        }
         const char *geo_data_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(geo_data_py_str);
 
         // Make a copy of the encoding since the utf8 encoding points to a buffer in the PyUnicode object
@@ -2243,7 +2253,6 @@ void initialize_bin_for_strictypes(AerospikeClient *self, as_error *err,
 
         // Cleanup
         Py_XDECREF(geo_data_py_str);
-        Py_XDECREF(geo_data);
     }
     else if (!strcmp(py_value->ob_type->tp_name, "aerospike.null")) {
         ((as_val *)&binop_bin->value)->type = AS_UNKNOWN;
diff --git a/src/main/convert_expressions.c b/src/main/convert_expressions.c
index c077443b53..9ab0a8ade7 100644
--- a/src/main/convert_expressions.c
+++ b/src/main/convert_expressions.c
@@ -513,9 +513,14 @@ get_exp_val_from_pyval(AerospikeClient *self, as_static_pool *static_pool,
         PyObject *py_parameter = PyUnicode_FromString("geo_data");
         PyObject *py_data = PyObject_GenericGetAttr(py_obj, py_parameter);
         Py_DECREF(py_parameter);
-        char *geo_value =
-            (char *)PyUnicode_AsUTF8(AerospikeGeospatial_DoDumps(py_data, err));
-        Py_DECREF(py_data);
+        PyObject *geospatial_dump = AerospikeGeospatial_DoDumps(py_data, err);
+        Py_XDECREF(py_data);
+        if (!geospatial_dump) {
+            return as_error_update(err, AEROSPIKE_ERR_CLIENT,
+                                   "Unable to call dumps function");
+        }
+        char *geo_value = (char *)PyUnicode_AsUTF8(geospatial_dump);
+
         as_exp_entry tmp_entry = as_exp_geo(geo_value);
         *new_entry = tmp_entry;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/geospatial/dumps.c b/src/main/geospatial/dumps.c
index e0a9f1bb5f..412fc46407 100644
--- a/src/main/geospatial/dumps.c
+++ b/src/main/geospatial/dumps.c
@@ -39,12 +39,7 @@ PyObject *AerospikeGeospatial_DoDumps(PyObject *geo_data, as_error *err)
         json_module = PyImport_ImportModule("json");
     }
 
-    if (!json_module) {
-        /* insert error handling here! and exit this function */
-        as_error_update(err, AEROSPIKE_ERR_CLIENT,
-                        "Unable to load json module");
-    }
-    else {
+    if (json_module && geo_data) {
         PyObject *py_funcname = PyUnicode_FromString("dumps");
         initresult = PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(json_module, py_funcname,
                                                 geo_data, NULL);
diff --git a/src/main/predicates.c b/src/main/predicates.c
index b386c2aefe..5e41960f14 100644
--- a/src/main/predicates.c
+++ b/src/main/predicates.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ static PyObject *AerospikePredicates_GeoWithin_Radius(PyObject *self,
                         "double type, bin of string type");
         goto CLEANUP;
     }
-    Py_CLEAR(py_geo_object);
 
     ret_val = Py_BuildValue("iiOOOO", AS_PREDICATE_RANGE, AS_INDEX_GEO2DSPHERE,
                             py_bin, py_shape, Py_None, py_indexType);
@@ -319,10 +318,8 @@ static PyObject *AerospikePredicates_GeoContains_Point(PyObject *self,
         py_list = Py_BuildValue("[OO]", py_lat, py_long);
 
         PyDict_SetItemString(py_geo_object, "coordinates", py_list);
-        Py_CLEAR(py_list);
 
         py_shape = AerospikeGeospatial_DoDumps(py_geo_object, &err);
-        Py_CLEAR(py_geo_object);
 
         if (!py_shape) {
             as_error_update(&err, AEROSPIKE_ERR_CLIENT,