diff --git a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
index 97be587..885e740 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_unicode.py
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@
         self.assertEqual('%c' % '\U00021483', '\U00021483')
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, "%c".__mod__, "aa")
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, "%.1\u1032f".__mod__, (1.0/3))
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, "%i".__mod__, "aa")
 
         # formatting jobs delegated from the string implementation:
         self.assertEqual('...%(foo)s...' % {'foo':"abc"}, '...abc...')
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 7a70a5e..03807a4 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -9689,8 +9689,6 @@
             case 'o':
             case 'x':
             case 'X':
-                if (c == 'i')
-                    c = 'd';
                 isnumok = 0;
                 if (PyNumber_Check(v)) {
                     PyObject *iobj=NULL;
@@ -9705,7 +9703,7 @@
                     if (iobj!=NULL) {
                         if (PyLong_Check(iobj)) {
                             isnumok = 1;
-                            temp = formatlong(iobj, flags, prec, c);
+                            temp = formatlong(iobj, flags, prec, (c == 'i'? 'd': c));
                             Py_DECREF(iobj);
                             if (!temp)
                                 goto onError;