diff --git a/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx b/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx
index e25986ee..da6acbbd 100644
--- a/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx
+++ b/msgpack/_unpacker.pyx
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ cdef inline int get_data_from_buffer(object obj,
         # create a contiguous copy and get buffer
         contiguous = PyMemoryView_GetContiguous(obj, PyBUF_READ, b'C')
         PyObject_GetBuffer(contiguous, view, PyBUF_SIMPLE)
-        # view must hold the only reference to contiguous,
-        # so memory is freed when view is released
-        Py_DECREF(contiguous)
+
     buffer_len[0] = view.len
     buf[0] = <char*> view.buf
     return 1
diff --git a/msgpack/fallback.py b/msgpack/fallback.py
index 1f2daf7b..159dff2e 100644
--- a/msgpack/fallback.py
+++ b/msgpack/fallback.py
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ def feed(self, next_bytes):
             self._buf_checkpoint = 0
 
         # Use extend here: INPLACE_ADD += doesn't reliably typecast memoryview in jython
-        self._buffer.extend(view)
+        # tobytes ensures compatibility with non-contiguous memoryviews
+        self._buffer.extend(view.tobytes())
         view.release()
 
     def _consume(self):
diff --git a/test/test_memoryview.py b/test/test_memoryview.py
index 0a2a6f53..3f6a39d4 100644
--- a/test/test_memoryview.py
+++ b/test/test_memoryview.py
@@ -97,3 +97,15 @@ def test_multidim_memoryview():
     data = view.cast(view.format, (3, 2))
     packed = packb(data)
     assert packed == b"\xc4\x06\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+
+
+def test_unpack_noncontiguous_memoryview():
+    # Use a multi-byte value so the padded stride-2 view is non-contiguous.
+    packed = packb(2**32)
+    padded = bytearray()
+    for byte in packed:
+        padded.append(byte)
+        padded.append(0)
+    noncont = memoryview(bytes(padded))[::2]
+    assert not noncont.c_contiguous
+    assert unpackb(noncont) == 2**32