diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index 38ffba7..4e62316 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@
 		(long)s->sock_fd, s->sock_family,
 		s->sock_type,
 		s->sock_proto);
-	return PyString_FromString(buf);
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(buf);
 }