diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 1143fab..82f9960 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@
     tmp = float_new(&PyFloat_Type, args, kwds);
     if (tmp == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    assert(PyFloat_CheckExact(tmp));
+    assert(PyFloat_Check(tmp));
     newobj = type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
     if (newobj == NULL) {
         Py_DECREF(tmp);
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index 405be2e..6427f42 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -4068,7 +4068,7 @@
     tmp = (PyLongObject *)long_new(&PyLong_Type, args, kwds);
     if (tmp == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    assert(PyLong_CheckExact(tmp));
+    assert(PyLong_Check(tmp));
     n = Py_SIZE(tmp);
     if (n < 0)
         n = -n;
diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index c1e12a7..14c5177 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -3719,7 +3719,7 @@
     tmp = string_new(&PyString_Type, args, kwds);
     if (tmp == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    assert(PyString_CheckExact(tmp));
+    assert(PyString_Check(tmp));
     n = PyString_GET_SIZE(tmp);
     pnew = type->tp_alloc(type, n);
     if (pnew != NULL) {