diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index f95ea83..faacb44 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
 		goto finally;
 	if (v == Py_None)
 		*filename = NULL;
-	else if (! (*filename = PyString_AsString(v)))
+	else if (! (*filename = PyUnicode_AsString(v)))
 		goto finally;
 
 	Py_DECREF(v);