diff --git a/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyBuffer.hxx b/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyBuffer.hxx
index 1718e2c74b7..0252850b214 100644
--- a/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyBuffer.hxx
+++ b/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyBuffer.hxx
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ PyBuffer<TImage>::_GetImageViewFromArray(PyObject * arr, PyObject * shape, PyObj
   if (PyObject_GetBuffer(arr, &pyBuffer, PyBUF_ND | PyBUF_ANY_CONTIGUOUS) == -1)
   {
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot get an instance of NumPy array.");
-    PyBuffer_Release(&pyBuffer);
     return nullptr;
   }
 
diff --git a/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVectorContainer.hxx b/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVectorContainer.hxx
index c0a02d021b4..5916ea1c973 100644
--- a/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVectorContainer.hxx
+++ b/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVectorContainer.hxx
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ PyVectorContainer<TElementIdentifier, TElement>::_vector_container_from_array(Py
   if (PyObject_GetBuffer(arr, &pyBuffer, PyBUF_CONTIG) == -1)
   {
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot get an instance of NumPy array.");
-    PyBuffer_Release(&pyBuffer);
     return nullptr;
   }
 
diff --git a/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVnl.hxx b/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVnl.hxx
index 3accb0c62c3..23749902aa3 100644
--- a/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVnl.hxx
+++ b/Modules/Bridge/NumPy/include/itkPyVnl.hxx
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ PyVnl<TElement>::_GetVnlVectorFromArray(PyObject * arr, PyObject * shape) -> con
   if (PyObject_GetBuffer(arr, &pyBuffer, PyBUF_CONTIG) == -1)
   {
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot get an instance of NumPy array.");
-    PyBuffer_Release(&pyBuffer);
     return VectorType();
   }
 
@@ -125,7 +124,6 @@ PyVnl<TElement>::_GetVnlMatrixFromArray(PyObject * arr, PyObject * shape) -> con
   if (PyObject_GetBuffer(arr, &pyBuffer, PyBUF_CONTIG) == -1)
   {
     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot get an instance of NumPy array.");
-    PyBuffer_Release(&pyBuffer);
     return MatrixType();
   }