diff --git a/Objects/weakrefobject.c b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
index 594f0ea..374e720 100644
--- a/Objects/weakrefobject.c
+++ b/Objects/weakrefobject.c
@@ -157,11 +157,12 @@
 weakref_repr(PyWeakReference *self)
 {
     PyObject *name, *repr;
+    _Py_identifier(__name__);
 
     if (PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(self) == Py_None)
         return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<weakref at %p; dead>", self);
 
-    name = PyObject_GetAttrString(PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(self), "__name__");
+    name = _PyObject_GetAttrId(PyWeakref_GET_OBJECT(self), &PyId___name__);
     if (name == NULL || !PyUnicode_Check(name)) {
         if (name == NULL)
             PyErr_Clear();