diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index fc6bedf..679e93e 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@
 {
 	char buf[100];
 	format_float(buf, sizeof(buf), v, PREC_REPR);
-	return PyString_FromString(buf);
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(buf);
 }
 
 static PyObject *