diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index 8d02b8e26221..89d956f97770 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ PyErr_SetString(PyObject *exception, const char *string)
 PyObject *
 PyErr_Occurred(void)
 {
-	PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_Get();
+	PyThreadState *tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
 
 	return tstate->curexc_type;
 }