diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 679e93e..b996863 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 {
 	char buf[100];
 	format_float(buf, sizeof(buf), v, PREC_STR);
-	return PyString_FromString(buf);
+	return PyUnicode_FromString(buf);
 }
 
 /* Comparison is pretty much a nightmare.  When comparing float to float,