diff --git a/Lib/symtable.py b/Lib/symtable.py
index ca73f58..0ba9d1a 100644
--- a/Lib/symtable.py
+++ b/Lib/symtable.py
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@
 __all__ = ["symtable", "SymbolTable", "Class", "Function", "Symbol"]
 
 def symtable(code, filename, compile_type):
-    raw = _symtable.symtable(code, filename, compile_type)
-    for top in raw.itervalues():
-        if top.name == 'top':
-            break
+    top = _symtable.symtable(code, filename, compile_type)
     return _newSymbolTable(top, filename)
 
 class SymbolTableFactory:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b341c5b..4a59b4b 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #19393: Fix symtable.symtable function to not be confused when there are
+  functions or classes named "top".
+
 - Issue #19327: Fixed the working of regular expressions with too big charset.
 
 - Issue #19350: Increasing the test coverage of macurl2path. Patch by Colin
diff --git a/Modules/symtablemodule.c b/Modules/symtablemodule.c
index 15c0f92..ed2bcc7 100644
--- a/Modules/symtablemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/symtablemodule.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     st = Py_SymtableString(str, filename, start);
     if (st == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    t = st->st_symbols;
+    t = (PyObject *)st->st_top;
     Py_INCREF(t);
     PyMem_Free((void *)st->st_future);
     PySymtable_Free(st);