diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tcl.py b/Lib/test/test_tcl.py
index 4167588..38a960c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tcl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tcl.py
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@
             if self.wantobjects:
                 self.assertEqual(result, i)
                 self.assertIsInstance(result, (int, long))
-                self.assertIsInstance(result, type(int(result)))
+                if abs(result) < 2**31:
+                    self.assertIsInstance(result, int)
             else:
                 self.assertEqual(result, str(i))
                 self.assertIsInstance(result, str)