diff --git a/Lib/test/test_pep3131.py b/Lib/test/test_pep3131.py
index df0f64d..9a3c7ee 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_pep3131.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_pep3131.py
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
         𝔘𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔡𝔢 = 1
         # On wide builds, this is normalized, but on narrow ones it is not. See
         # #12746.
-        try:
-            self.assertIn("𝔘𝔫𝔦𝔠𝔬𝔡𝔢", dir())
-        except AssertionError:
-            raise unittest.case._ExpectedFailure(sys.exc_info())
+        self.assertIn("Unicode", dir())
 
     def test_invalid(self):
         try:
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 2ae1947..aff205d 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -10196,7 +10196,7 @@
     if (!_PyUnicode_IsXidStart(first) && first != 0x5F /* LOW LINE */)
         return 0;
 
-    for (i = 0; i < PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(self); i++)
+    for (i = 1; i < PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(self); i++)
         if (!_PyUnicode_IsXidContinue(PyUnicode_READ(kind, data, i)))
             return 0;
     return 1;