diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/PythonDataObjects.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/PythonDataObjects.h
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/PythonDataObjects.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/ScriptInterpreter/Python/PythonDataObjects.h
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@
     Reset(type, py_obj);
   }
 
-  PythonObject(const PythonObject &rhs) : m_py_obj(nullptr) { Reset(rhs); }
+  PythonObject(const PythonObject &rhs)
+      : PythonObject(PyRefType::Borrowed, rhs.m_py_obj) {}
 
   PythonObject(PythonObject &&rhs) {
     m_py_obj = rhs.m_py_obj;
@@ -197,13 +198,6 @@
     m_py_obj = nullptr;
   }
 
-  void Reset(const PythonObject &rhs) {
-    if (!rhs.IsValid())
-      Reset();
-    else
-      Reset(PyRefType::Borrowed, rhs.m_py_obj);
-  }
-
   // PythonObject is implicitly convertible to PyObject *, which will call the
   // wrong overload.  We want to explicitly disallow this, since a PyObject
   // *always* owns its reference.  Therefore the overload which takes a