diff --git a/bindings/python/wrapper_top.c b/bindings/python/wrapper_top.c
index b24f4b2b..f658a266 100644
--- a/bindings/python/wrapper_top.c
+++ b/bindings/python/wrapper_top.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ get_list_of_xml_nodes(const GList *a_list) {
 failure:
 	PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Allocation problem in get_list_of_strings");
 	Py_XDECREF(a_tuple);
-	return noneRef();
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 static PyObject *