diff --git a/src/coverage.rs b/src/coverage.rs
index f4cf9db..b5f7529 100644
--- a/src/coverage.rs
+++ b/src/coverage.rs
@@ -28,10 +28,9 @@ pub fn get_executed_lines(tracer_object: &PyObject) -> Lines {
     filename_line_pairs
       .into_iter()
       .map(|tuple| {
-        let filename = tuple.get_tuple_item(0).unwrap().to_string();
+        let filename = tuple.get_tuple_item(0).to_string();
         let lines = tuple
           .get_tuple_item(1)
-          .unwrap()
           .into_iter()
           .map(PyObject::get_long)
           .collect();
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ fn get_line_numbers_from_code_object(
   line_numbers.extend(
     iterator_lines
       .iter()
-      .map(|line_tuple| line_tuple.get_tuple_item(2).unwrap().get_long())
+      .map(|line_tuple| line_tuple.get_tuple_item(2).get_long())
       .filter(|line_number| *line_number > 0),
   );
 
diff --git a/src/python.rs b/src/python.rs
index f8a35ad..6f24c38 100644
--- a/src/python.rs
+++ b/src/python.rs
@@ -238,8 +238,12 @@ impl PyObject {
   }
 
   /// Assume is a tuple, and get the item at the given index
-  pub fn get_tuple_item(&self, index: isize) -> Result<PyObject, Error> {
-    unsafe { Self::new(ffi::PyTuple_GET_ITEM(self.as_ptr(), index)) }
+  pub fn get_tuple_item(&self, index: isize) -> PyObject {
+    let result = unsafe { ffi::PyTuple_GetItem(self.as_ptr(), index) };
+    let pointer = unsafe { ptr::NonNull::new_unchecked(result) };
+
+    PyObject(pointer)
+  }
   }
 
   /// Assume is a Long, and get the value