diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index d2fd504..9cd5434 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     def test_crc32_adler32_unsigned(self):
         foo = 'abcdefghijklmnop'
         # explicitly test signed behavior
-        self.assertEqual(zlib.crc32(foo), 2486878355)
+        self.assertEqual(zlib.crc32(foo), -1808088941)
         self.assertEqual(zlib.crc32('spam'), 1138425661)
         self.assertEqual(zlib.adler32(foo+foo), 3573550353)
         self.assertEqual(zlib.adler32('spam'), 72286642)
diff --git a/Modules/zlibmodule.c b/Modules/zlibmodule.c
index a978370..551fd3e 100644
--- a/Modules/zlibmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/zlibmodule.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#|k:crc32", &buf, &len, &crc32val))
 	return NULL;
     crc32val = crc32(crc32val, buf, len);
-    return PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(crc32val & 0xffffffff);
+    return PyLong_FromLong(crc32val & 0xffffffff);
 }